contour
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During that time, people from every corner of the world online seemed to take every opportunity to scrutinize every contour of her frail frame.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Yes, the contour palette is back, though Patrick says “no-makeup makeup” is still very much here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
Sometimes they are used to contour or shape the nose or lips.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
Yeah, the Chinese government is definitely mining my data, but so is Mark Zuckerberg, and Zuckerberg’s Facebook never gave me the perfect step-by-step tutorial of how to contour my face for a truly flawless finish.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2025
On the maps, waterfalls are the blue lines going through brown contour lines drawn closely together, thereby indicating a steep incline or cliff.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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But Britain's central role in slavery and mistreatment of its colonial subjects have traced the contours of the trip.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
The full contours of this dispute are not yet clear, and Grenell has denied any knowledge of the matter.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
While playing on more than 200 recordings, he helped to both diligently shape and liberally loosen modern jazz’s contours, instigating or supporting quite a few moments of innovation across generations and musical movements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The New York Times, external noted how it sees Holmes and Fielder "joust in a dizzying movie about truth, reality and the contours of knowledge".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The snow blurred from vision the clean contours of these cedar hills.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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Baidoo suggests a more supportive flip-flop, such as a FitFlop, which is sturdier and contoured - a world away from the flat and thin flip-flops that have been cut from a big sheet of foam.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Boone’s design, patented in 1892, was narrow and curved, rather than wide and flat, allowing garments to be slipped over the board, and making it far easier to iron sleeves and contoured bodices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
What began as a collection of undergarments designed to give women a more flattering, contoured silhouette has swelled into a comprehensive apparel giant: There’s underwear, bras, swimwear, dresses, tees and tanks, loungewear and pajamas.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2024
This hero was contoured and svelte, wealthy and suave, a Wall Street whiz and owner of land, a man who wore Brioni suits and a Cartier family heirloom watch.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2023
As the first-stage fuel tanks emptied, the G forces increased and pushed us back into our contoured seats at five times our normal weight.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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But we’re living in a time of hair transplants, peptides and body contouring, all appealing to men who want to optimize their appearance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Selfies were becoming more prevalent as social media grew, and standards of beauty hewed close to celebrity Kim Kardashian’s looks, especially in regards to eye makeup and products used for face contouring.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026
Some hailed it as the future of non-invasive face contouring, but others condemned it as dystopian, and said the firm was making women feel more insecure.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025
Skye concedes that writing a memoir is a challenge, but not so much emotionally as narratively — contouring the flow and storytelling with an editor’s sharp eye.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025
Now she brought out fake eyelashes, green shadow, black liner, base, contouring brushes, eyebrow pencil, coral gloss.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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