aesthetic
Example Sentences
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In pursuit of aesthetic purity, these designs erase any trace of human labor or the complex mechanisms beneath the surface.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026
To represent her transition from the purple aesthetic of her “Sour” and “Guts” albums, a mural in Los Angeles was repainted from purple to light pink a few weeks ago alongside a new “OR” logo.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
And while it didn’t exactly fly off the shelves, its concurrence with the height of the Seattle grunge music scene made the disheveled aesthetic a street-style must-have.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
So please, stop putting your retro aesthetic ahead of our contemporary needs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
He wanted a model in which everything moved around a single centre at an unvarying rate, and he wanted this for aesthetic reasons as much as anything else.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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