delightfully

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The seamless integration of old and new feels stealthy, and a touch subversive, a doubling-down on the museum’s approach to time as nonlinear, sinuous and delightfully slippery.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

In a hyper-modern environment like the internet, so eager to eat itself alive in the pursuit of newness, the “End of Oak Street” fandom is delightfully prehistoric.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

Elsewhere, we look at a delightfully spicy confirmation hearing this week, Illinois primary results, and the president’s announcement of a member of Congress’ imminent death.

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026

And the delightfully barmy Dance No More bounds along on an irresistible groove as the singer leads a chant of "respect your mother".

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

These delightfully proportioned amusements would therefore need all the help they could get from formal blueprints like Sonata Form, and from musical versions of the balanced layouts of Capability Brown’s gardens, or Robert Adam’s buildings.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall