evocative
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The trick with thrusters was evocative of what SpaceX has now been doing for years with booster rockets cruising back to earth, touching down in landing pads or being snared by launch towers.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
It was an evocative choice - and a logistical headache.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
From that perspective, “Ride Lonesome” is another success, beautiful and evocative even if it maintains a certain amount of emotional distance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
At a Canadian Tire store in Montreal, a chain that sells hardware supplies and other goods, employees on Wednesday wore T-shirts bearing the evocative slogan: "We all play for Canada."
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
One evocative idea is that it was a cosmic catastrophe, the explosion of a nearby star—a supernova like the one that produced the Crab Nebula.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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