voguish

Example Sentences

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Back then it was a voguish noun, borrowed from French, that described the unconscious structure of an ideology or a text.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

The new owners are converting much of the tourist-centric center to offices for rent and trying to make it more appealing to locals with voguish restaurants and comfortable spots to linger over coffee.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2021

And such voguish redundancies as “a made field goal,” “the painted area,” “fan base,” and “score the basketball” rarely if ever cross his lips.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2021

Autofiction, meanwhile, is nothing new, arguably just a voguish term for the sorts of roman a clef that have always borrowed heavily from personal experience.

From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2018

In recent years, behavioral science has become a voguish field.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 15, 2017