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as in adult
dealing in or with explicitly sexual material
opposition to a pornographic bookstore opening in the neighborhood
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as in obscene
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
the store kept all of its pornographic DVDs locked up, thus ensuring that they would be accessible only to adults
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Recent Examples of pornographic
Until then, the only limits on their selections were Vimeo’s standard terms of service, which prohibit content that incites violence or qualifies as pornographic.
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Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 22 Dec. 2025
Under a new law, Florida began requiring age verification checks for visitors to pornographic websites, notes Paul Bischoff, editor of Comparitech, a site that reviews personal cybersecurity software.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 17 Dec. 2025
The final monologue in The Rock Garden was more pornographic than even some avant-garde audiences could endure.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
No pornographic activities or acts have been found in the collaborative content.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
As of state legislation passed in 2024, creating or distributing non-consensual pornographic deepfakes is a misdemeanor offense in Indiana.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 Dec. 2025
Donald Axtell, a former associate youth pastor at the church, faces one count each of second-degree statutory rape, possession of child pornography and furnishing or attempting to furnish pornographic material to a minor, according to a Clay County court document.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 21 Nov. 2025
By the end, the bot has legally changed his wife’s name and mailed her a pornographic movie.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025
In the biographical film, Love plays the wife of Harrelson’s character, pornographic magazine publisher Larry Flynt, who in real life won a landmark Supreme Court case protecting parody as a First Amendment right, despite any emotional distress caused.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pornographic
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For many readers and critics, the perception was that Mansfield was almost writing children’s fiction, since most of her stories are deceptively easy to read, although her themes are entirely adult in both form and content.—
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Justin Vernon’s midwestern charm and pliable falsetto has always endeared him to indie-rock dads raised on Michael McDonald, but starting a family himself between Bon Iver projects turned this year’s Sable, Fable into a deep examination of the fatherly adult contemporary figure in popular music.—
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Indonesia, with the world’s biggest Muslim population, has strict rules that ban the sharing online of content deemed obscene.—
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Sylvie's storylines are ridiculous, her wardrobe obscene, her audacity unparalleled.—
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The suggestion, in other words, is that the chatbot should err on the side of permissiveness in response to user prompts for erotic material.—
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The director was referring to the Criterion Collection’s 4K restoration of Kubrick’s erotic thriller, released last month.—
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Although the Ripken card launched many conspiracy theories as to whether the inclusion of its vulgar phrase was truly a mistake or a Fleer marketing ploy, there is a long history of errors making it through quality control in sports card production.—
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The joke swap during last year's Christmas episode went to some particularly jaw-dropping places after Che made Jost read a vulgar joke about Johansson.—
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Tonight, the Die My Love star attended the 2026 Golden Globes in something daring and sexy—a sheer dress from Sarah Burton’s Givenchy.—
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In terms of flashing skin and making sexy in again, Stone wasn't alone.—
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With about six minutes remaining in the second half, fans reacted unfavorably to a foul call against Spartans forward Jaxson Kohler.—
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But the Warriors were unable to also overcome Curry piling up four fourth-quarter fouls, which led to his first foul-out since 2021.—
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The agents’ demand that Good exit her vehicle is suggestive of an intent to take her into custody.—
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At the same time, there is no denying that Rodriguez’s 23-page complaint filed December 25 is full of potentially damning text message screen grabs, remarks about oral sex and other suggestive conversation from an allegedly predatory Perry.—
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“Pornographic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pornographic. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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