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Recent Examples of Amazonian
All eyes are now on Bond’s new Amazonian masters, Amy Pascal and David Heyman, who definitely have a tough act to follow.
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
The remains were found along with a mantle of blue and brown feathers, which are believed to come from an Amazonian bird.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The recently unearthed woman’s grave goods included an Amazonian snail shell, a fishing net, a wool textile, about 30 sweet potatoes, weaving tools and a needle, four reed baskets and a toucan’s beak adorned with green and brown beads.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Though Bolsonaro is prohibited from running for office until 2030, his son Eduardo is a potential presidential candidate next year and Brazil’s National Congress has plenty of members who favor Amazonian development.
—Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
The remains were found along with a mantle of blue and brown feathers, which are believed to come from an Amazonian bird.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The recently unearthed woman’s grave goods included an Amazonian snail shell, a fishing net, a wool textile, about 30 sweet potatoes, weaving tools and a needle, four reed baskets and a toucan’s beak adorned with green and brown beads.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Though Bolsonaro is prohibited from running for office until 2030, his son Eduardo is a potential presidential candidate next year and Brazil’s National Congress has plenty of members who favor Amazonian development.
—Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Amazonian
Adjective
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Maybe not as uniformly vivid as his sister, Bernadette — such a pretty name for such a tough broad, in Lea DeLaria’s priceless, super-butch performance — but vivid enough to be memorable.—
Marilyn Stasio,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2022
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In her academic work, Butler argues that gender and sexuality are both constructed and performative; butch identity, as female masculinity, subverts the notion that masculinity is the natural and exclusive purview of the male body.—
Kerry Manders,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2020
Adjective
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For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.—
Chioma Nnadi,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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Some Republican women who might have considered running also balked at campaigning in the hypermasculine politics of the moment.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
ProPublica,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Advertising was bombastic, aggressive, loud and macho.—
Candace Oehler,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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These antics only cemented his power as an intimidating, macho figure and added to the shock value of the show.—
Kyndall Cunningham,
Vox,
12 May 2025
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Despite the hormonal findings, the zoo stated Qing Bao isn't ready to mate just yet (and male pandas don't start mating until at least 5 years old).—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Ferrell's Ricky Bobby also serves as a pitch-perfect parody of the ego-driven, preening male protagonists of many a racing film.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
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“Amazonian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Amazonian. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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