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as in warm
having or giving off heat to a moderate degree
I left the bowl of soup sitting on the counter too long, and now it's lukewarm
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as in neutral
showing little or no interest or enthusiasm
the dentist's lecture on the merits of flossing got only a lukewarm response
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Recent Examples of lukewarm
Alas, the best the Broncos could manage against the Colts was a lukewarm pinkie (Jaleel McLaughlin’s 21 rushing yards), a tepid thumb (Javonte Williams’ 15 rush yards) and a middle finger in the face of a golden opportunity.
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Dec. 2024
The New York Yankees, whose interest in Alonso was reported to be lukewarm at best anyway, signed veteran Paul Goldschmidt, albeit to a one-year deal.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
But academia’s response has been lukewarm, leaning toward skepticism and focusing almost entirely on its risks.
—Sidhant Bendre, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Its twin cooling fans exhaust out the sides of the base station almost silently, and the entire device rarely gets more than lukewarm.
—PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Dec. 2024
The New York Yankees, whose interest in Alonso was reported to be lukewarm at best anyway, signed veteran Paul Goldschmidt, albeit to a one-year deal.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
But academia’s response has been lukewarm, leaning toward skepticism and focusing almost entirely on its risks.
—Sidhant Bendre, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Its twin cooling fans exhaust out the sides of the base station almost silently, and the entire device rarely gets more than lukewarm.
—PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lukewarm
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To keep warm, pack an insulated coat or jacket designed to block out the wind.Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
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Dev rolled down the cuffs of his shirt to keep warm.Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
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Baird upgraded its rating on Verisign to outperform from neutral earlier this month, seeing the stock rising 21% to $250 in the next 12 months.Yun Li, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
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People voted by pasting small colored stickers in a quadrant to show one of four levels of support: strongly agree, agree, neutral, or disagree.Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2024
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Revenues, however, were roughly flat at Bally’s Chicago, which completed its first full year at the temporary Medinah Temple facility with another tepid month.Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
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After applying the juice to the windshield, rinse it off with tepid water and use the lemon to remove any remaining shards.Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2025
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The sprawling backyard area has a heated swimming pool.Lana Bortolot, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Another incident was a heated disagreement with defender Todibo at half-time of the 5-2 home defeat against Arsenal at the end of November.Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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And this is not only because to have a center is to be well settled into one’s subjectivity, resigned to one’s blind spots, but also because many of us are unenthusiastic about thinking of ourselves as fastened to a silent doctrine.Hisham Matar, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
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That first orgasm, a brittle, unenthusiastic moan rippling as the A24 logo fills the screen, isn’t so much experienced as performed.Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
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“Lukewarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lukewarm. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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