I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
glossy/shiny
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She combed her hair until it was all glossy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
brochure
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I had read the literature, listened to the tape and examined the glossy brochure .
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They have facts, figures, glossy brochures , glossy lawyers and beatific smiles.
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Chapanis suggested that computers are not quite as easy to work as the glossy brochures suggest.
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Some 40 million glossy brochures pack agents' racks advertising holidays each year.
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The following evening Merrill was meticulously checking the proofs of a glossy brochure advertising the company's line in executive office furniture.
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The 16-page glossy brochure based on commercial women's weeklies contained articles on Labour's policy to help working and stay-at-home mums.
hair
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A woman with well-cut permanently glossy hair gives a good impression of being in control of her life.
magazine
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Yes, the glossy magazines should avoid using images of clearly under-nourished models or promoting the heroin-chic look.
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I have simply refined the role of glossy magazines .
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All these publications, from the glossiest magazine to the simplest newsletter, need material.
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You may obtain snapshots using scissors and your favorite glossy magazine .
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One useful source was the huge number of glossy magazines about money that had proliferated as the yuppy decade ran its course.
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It can be seen smiling from the cover of glossy magazines that celebrate celebrity as much as sport.
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By now Caroline had left the London college and was working for a glossy magazine in Cardiff.
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They strike beautiful poses that could go unaltered into glossy magazines but tell us little about them.
page
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Adjustable fittings are also useful when you want to avoid glare on glossy pages .
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I felt myself blush and I gritted my teeth, glad he had retreated behind the glossy pages .
surface
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The master copy is made on special coated paper which has a glossy surface on one side.
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This type of latex primer is designed to adhere to hard and slightly glossy surfaces .
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Fingers subconsciously searching out damage beneath the glossy surface , while he otherwise engages in conversation.
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It gives the paper its smooth, glossy surface .
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All feature a distinctive marbled effect on a glossy surface .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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glossy black hair
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Film critics are calling the movie a glossy melodrama.
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She stroked the horse's long glossy neck.
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There was a stack of glossy magazines on the coffee table.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cast coated art paper with a exceptionally glossy coated finish usually on one side only.
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Her hair was a thick glossy bush of pale fawn brown, not quite shoulder-length.
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Look for well-cleaned birds with glossy skin.
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Next the wings emerged, first crumpled ribbons, then glossy and smooth.
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Simply spray Hot Shapes on to clean, dry hair before setting to get instant hold with a glossy finish.
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Then I'd look at the fields of beans, glossy in the moonlight, hanging fat and glossy.
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This, according to the glossy advertising material and high-tech television commercials, could solve all your company's presentation problems.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an 8" by 10" glossy of Frank Sinatra
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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We've seen her golden smile on the cover of Tatler and her figure in dozens of fashion glossies.