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Recent Examples of mossy This garment, rendered in a tweed blend with a gorgeously mossy sheen, is both architectural in its structure and fluid in its silhouette. Goth Shakira, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024 Along with beautiful spring flowers and mossy decorations, the cake gives a special nod to PEOPLE’s extensive royal coverage: one of the Queen’s corgis stands at the foot of the cake. Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024 The 221-acre Fort Abercrombie National Historic Site has relics from World War II, plus boating facilities, campsites, and hiking trails that pass along mossy forests, rocky beaches, and stunning cliffside views. Susan Portnoy, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024 Blurring the lines between what’s considered an Easter wreath versus a spring wreath, this 20-inch door decoration has all the hallmarks of both: daisies, berries, greenery, twine, a twig nest, and a Robin’s blue bird eggs with mossy details. Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mossy 
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Adjective
  • In this still, Ella Hunt (who plays Gilda Radner in the film) takes a ride on the archaic crane.
    Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Before cuneiform, however, there was an archaic script using abstract pictographic signs called proto-cuneiform.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • This antiquated discussion about women’s prowess behind the camera can be summed up with this: Women’s work as cinematographers is comparable to (and in other cases, better than) men’s.
    Stacy L. Smith, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Now, the company is striving to apply these same principles of convenience, affordability and ease of access to yet another antiquated business: retail pharmacy.
    Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.D., J.D., Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Parks & Recreation Director Terry Moore said one of the playground’s slides broke in April, and many parts needed to fix it were obsolete.
    Aaron Sullivan, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
  • City documents showed the work is needed because some components of the plant's cooling infrastructure are outdated and costly to operate, while others are obsolete or no longer have replacement parts available.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The architecture preserves this history from the medieval Islamic Kasbah of the Udayas to the Colonial-era neighborhoods and beyond.
    Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
  • During a proceeding, for example, the College of Cardinals stays in the Casa Santa Marta, an ornate, medieval dormitory where they are fed and tended to by an order of nuns.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Beneath the snowy slopes lay a prehistoric surprise: an ecosystem that predates the dinosaurs, revealed by melting snow before being stumbled upon by a hiker in the Italian Alps.
    Hannah Peart, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • This phenomenon provided the opportunity for prehistoric Britons to make use of the rich natural resources of the challenging landscape.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • It was filled with rusty pipes and flickering lights, complete with a wall of old control switches.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The simple question is like a Zen koan that can get the rusty gears in your head to start turning.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024

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“Mossy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mossy. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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