as in scoop
information not generally available to the public
have you heard the lowdown on the new chairman of the department?
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as in dirty
not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency
of all the low-down tricks that have ever been played in the history of that game
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Recent Examples of lowdown
Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2023
Get the full lowdown on how the new home came to life straight from production designer Corey Kaplan and set decorator Kristin Peterson here.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 5 Jan. 2023
Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
With its spacious, cheery dining room, friendly staff and a fun bar (even in the daytime), the fact that this downtown taqueria escapes me sometimes is a low-down dirty shame.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 20 Feb. 2024
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Vogue caught up with all of the queens below to get the lowdown on how their distinctive drag looks channeled Mugler and how the designer continues to inspire.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2023
Get the full lowdown on how the new home came to life straight from production designer Corey Kaplan and set decorator Kristin Peterson here.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 5 Jan. 2023
Adjective
Two tomatoes sat ripening on the dining-room table, and pencil marks remained on the doorframe from his kids’ heights growing up, with a few low-down marks for their dog.
—Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
With its spacious, cheery dining room, friendly staff and a fun bar (even in the daytime), the fact that this downtown taqueria escapes me sometimes is a low-down dirty shame.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 20 Feb. 2024
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Ashley Lee’s scoop that the cost of the three-year MFA program at USC’s School of Dramatic Arts — tuition that was $58,234 last year — would drop to zero starting with the 2024-25 academic year registered with readers for obvious reasons.Craig Nakano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Heading into the 2024 season, the Brewers were going through a lot of change at the top, and fans wanted an inside scoop, provided by longtime beat reporter Todd Rosiak. 7.Lainey Seyler, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
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From savory breads and rolls for sandwiches and soup-sopping to decadent sweet loaves and rolls for breakfast or dessert, the easy recipes give you a break while your mixer does the dirty work.Josh Miller, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
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The Romans liked to give the appearance of civilized rule by getting local thugs to do their dirty work.N.T. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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Personal trainers have shared their top tips to help maintain movement during the busiest time of the year.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Part your hair with the bottle tip and apply the product directly to your scalp.Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 22 Dec. 2024
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At its simplest, while tracking cookies are a nasty underpin to the internet, they can be seen and controlled, whether by those website popups or electing to use some form of private browsing that blocks such cookies altogether.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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But the only bacteria raw or pasteurized milk contain are the nasty kind—salmonella, campylobacter and the like, according to the FDA.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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The rumors began swirling on TikTok when Baldoni was noticeably absent from joint press event; there are no group photos of the co-stars at the New York premiere of the film; and Lively, author Colleen Hoover and co-star Jenny Slate follow the director on Instagram, despite him following them.Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2024
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When her roommate Elizabeth disappears on Sade’s first night, rumors begin to fester—until the popular girls, known as the Unholy Trinity, take Sade under their wing.Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2024
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David Tennant is spectacular as always as the rather vile, vengeful Tony Baddingham, a ruthless TV executive with axes to grind.Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
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His vile ways are what made season 6, episode 9's incredible Battle of the Bastards resonate.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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Our state and local leaders are the last defense against unconstitutional and immoral federal policies.Murad Awawdeh, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
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This is perhaps the most immoral aspect of watching members of Congress downplay the impact of melting polar caps or having presidential debates in which the topic of global warming is handled like an afterthought.LZ Granderson, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
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That's what's happened in House of the Dragon season 2's vicious civil war, the Dance of the Dragons.David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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The 2024 adaptation of Nosferatu, the second cinematic remake of the German Expressionist classic, stars horror mainstay Skarsgård (It, Barbarian) as the vicious Count Orlok.Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Lowdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowdown. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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