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At 37, Wang Zhuang had almost given up hope of finding a wife, until he saw the glossy matchmaking adverts.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

I considered basting the tomatoes in butter and stewing them down with miso until soft and glossy.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

The Etruscans are also known for their bucchero ceramics, pottery they made with an inventive process that turns red clay into glossy black pieces, which they sometimes incised.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

But it’s still built like a tasteful record store with hi-res audio and downloads, no ad tier, and a glossy music magazine championing outsider acts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

He couldn’t see Fin-Kedinn, but a little apart from the others, the Mage crouched in the dust, watching a large glossy raven.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

They fit as naturally in cheap pulp magazines as in upmarket literary glossies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

That provided her the first step to move back East; she found a job at the Boston Phoenix and then the Boston Globe Magazine, and started writing for the glossies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025

As a young teenager, I'd walk downstairs to our basement and find the ping pong table covered with large glossies of Carol Alt, Paulina Porizkova, Patti Hansen, and Iman, from photoshoots my dad directed.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2022

An art lover who drew inspiration from painters as diverse as Bosch, Vermeer and Picasso, Mr. Sokolsky churned out arresting images that seemed as appropriate for gallery walls as they were for fashion glossies.

From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2022

All the glossies I’d pored over in my bedroom at home, admiring the gymnasts who’d reached the top of the sport.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

What had been brothy turned to something thicker, glossier — golden, almost velvety.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2026

The budget for microdramas is usually between $100,000 and $250,000 for an entire season, compared with millions of dollars for glossier full-length shows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

Although Doherty and the characters she played usually seemed to inhabit a glossier, more beautiful world, she was always someone viewers could relate to on screen, and was a self-proclaimed "badass" in real life.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2024

The “Hazbin” pilot was weird and quirky, with outlandish humor and mature themes, and so is the series, even as it feels bigger, glossier and more expensive.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

Even so, his eyes look glossier, and the blue irises take on a lovely, reflective sheen.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

And today, F1 isn’t merely one of Apple’s glossiest global partners with a blockbuster movie to show for it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

For those still determined to aim for the furthest, glossiest reaches of the Benjamin Moore color wheel, there are some caveats.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2023

The U.K. pop rockers return to Sodo at their glossiest, riding high on this year’s ballyhooed “Being Funny in a Foreign Language.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2022

At age 26, Mr. Picardi, the head of Teen Vogue, is a rising star at this glossiest of magazine publishers, whose titles also include Vogue, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Architectural Digest.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2018

He was dressed in a common gray blouse and velvet cap, but his carefully arranged hair, beard and mustache, all of the richest and glossiest black, ill accorded with his plebeian attire.

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père