as in repulsiveness
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Recent Examples of repellency
Chemicals are added to create different characteristics, such as flexibility or water repellency.
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By Aryn Baker/lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
Testers love it for its impressive water repellency and the structured bill that shields your face.
—Erika Reals, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
The jacket displayed impressive durable water repellency, with the water beading up immediately and remaining that way for the full five minutes of the water test.
—Michelle Rostamian, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
In addition to evaluating performance and how effectively water was removed from the car’s shield, factors like rain repellency, ease of installation, noise and price were considered.
—Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2023
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By Aryn Baker/lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
Testers love it for its impressive water repellency and the structured bill that shields your face.
—Erika Reals, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
The jacket displayed impressive durable water repellency, with the water beading up immediately and remaining that way for the full five minutes of the water test.
—Michelle Rostamian, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
In addition to evaluating performance and how effectively water was removed from the car’s shield, factors like rain repellency, ease of installation, noise and price were considered.
—Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repellency
Noun
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Brianna seems to swing between two moods: intense enthusiasm, intense repugnance.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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In fact, the retort could lead people to dangerously belittle the scourge and repugnance of real anti-Semitism.—
Salam Fayyad,
Foreign Affairs,
20 June 2024
Noun
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There is a new young star to put on billboards around the team and throw into commercials, one who, unlike Davis, is untainted by a trade that will live in infamy. Harrison, pilloried in the aftermath of the Dončić trade, somehow got some salvation, though not forgiveness.—
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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The missed putt will live in U.S. Open infamy, unfortunately for McIlroy.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Happy to temporarily rid his mind of that unpleasantness, Nick springs into action.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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In the former camp, one explanation is that rewards obtained from difficult tasks seem extra sweet because of the sharp contrast between the unpleasantness of working hard and the joy of achievement.—
Alex Hutchinson,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2025
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Pakistan, which has a history of providing clandestine support to the Taliban, has blamed the latter for providing a safe haven to terrorists who commit atrocities on Pakistani soil.—
Hasan Ali,
Christian Science Monitor,
19 May 2025
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But fighting had broken out across Sudan, and reports of atrocities were filtering in from the countryside: mass rapes, mass executions, torture.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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“Repellency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repellency. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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