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Recent Examples of flakiness
Used on dry hair before shampooing, the rinse-out treatment relies on lactic, tartaric, and benzoic acids to loosen dead skin, unclog follicles, and rebalance the scalp—key steps for managing dandruff and flakiness.
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Allure, 18 Dec. 2025
This might cause dryness, flakiness and itching, sometimes leading to infections.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
Many commented that this crust was the closest to homemade and specifically called out the crisp flakiness and buttery taste.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Nov. 2025
There’s no tackiness or flakiness and this particular shade for me, just makes my lips look and feel so pouty and glossy — with a shine that lasts.
—Stixx Mathews, Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
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Allure, 18 Dec. 2025
This might cause dryness, flakiness and itching, sometimes leading to infections.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
Many commented that this crust was the closest to homemade and specifically called out the crisp flakiness and buttery taste.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Nov. 2025
There’s no tackiness or flakiness and this particular shade for me, just makes my lips look and feel so pouty and glossy — with a shine that lasts.
—Stixx Mathews, Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flakiness
Noun
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Screenwriter Craig Mazin finds a way, however, by smartly retooling Swann’s story for a younger audience, stripping out the text’s more violent eccentricities, while preserving the universally winning curiosity of the premise.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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The album is full of strange, brilliant contradictions; Oklou slides masterfully between fun and eccentricity, pump and pathos.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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What a perfect time for Talladega, where the one constant is unpredictability.—
Jordan Bianchi,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Prediction markets love the president’s unpredictability, his need to keep people guessing about his next move or social media post, leading to more wagers in these betting venues and more fees for them.—
Bernard Condon,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Toward the end of this week’s episode, Daisy calls him out on his tendency to make up for volatility with charm.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2026
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The volatility money will pay for an infusion of $300 million into the child care endowment fund, Ritter said.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Flakiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flakiness. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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