voguish
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Back then it was a voguish noun, borrowed from French, that described the unconscious structure of an ideology or a text.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
The new owners are converting much of the tourist-centric center to offices for rent and trying to make it more appealing to locals with voguish restaurants and comfortable spots to linger over coffee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2021
And such voguish redundancies as “a made field goal,” “the painted area,” “fan base,” and “score the basketball” rarely if ever cross his lips.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2021
On October 1st, more than a hundred thousand performers and soldiers mustered downtown, forming waves of color that stretched from voguish skyscrapers in the east to the squat pavilions of the Forbidden City.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020
The camera offered possibilities far removed from voguish photorealism.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 13, 2017
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