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In the kitchen, large accordion windows open to a patio, giving the back of the house an airy, indoor-outdoor feel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
In his eyes, beauty takes all forms, morphing into the grotesque and outrageous before transforming again into a light, airy meringue, generously portioned atop life’s dense realities.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
The main living and dining areas flow into one another, creating an airy setting for entertaining or relaxing at home.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
It’s a slim premise, overlapping with exhibitions about her landscapes or New York scenes, but Detroit’s modest exhibit is aided by its airy display.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
It tastes like a cloud that has floated down to earth, airy and sweet, melting on my tongue.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
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More than a decade later, the restaurant has moved into a larger, airier space filled with greenery — and somehow, the bar keeps getting higher.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Textural variety was prominent, with garments ranging from soft, stretch-infused woven pieces to those boasting a lighter, airier feel, thanks to special weaving techniques.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
In addition, the covered porch and the living room are connected by a sliding door; throw it open and the space feels bigger and airier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
“Hold the Girl” continues to showcase the appetite for genre-blending that garnered critical acclaim for her 2020 debut, “Sawayama,” but with airier, gossamer textures instead of her previous molten grip.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022
The deserted Ravenclaw common room was a wide, circular room, airier than any Harry had ever seen at Hogwarts.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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By contrast, Leithauser’s witty “Rhyme’s Rooms: The Architecture of Poetry” blueprints the struts and girders, the iron armature, needed to create even the airiest lyric.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2022
The Metropolitan Opera has closed most of its concession areas, but its bar in the airiest section of the Grand Tier is now open, along with its restaurant.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
The airiest batch with the best flavor hailed from the food mill, which came with its own pros and cons.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2021
She sailed through her dastardly wolf turn, obliterated all but one of her tricky connecting skills, and then positively flew off the apparatus with the highest, airiest double pike I have ever seen.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2021
It was a pleasant, mellow-toned bell, but even the airiest, tinkling chime can be rung insistently and in a panic, and that was unmistakably the type of ringing this was.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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