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Recent Examples of rough-edged
One of the things Sean Baker does exceptionally well is draw us into a vivid and highly specific milieu, nurturing our affections for characters who are rough-edged, to put it mildly, and then whip up a vortex of steadily escalating chaos.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
Foster’s version of Sarah was more defiant and rough-edged than the producers and the director, Jonathan Kaplan, wanted.
—Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2024
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
Foster’s version of Sarah was more defiant and rough-edged than the producers and the director, Jonathan Kaplan, wanted.
—Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rough-edged
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Arnold looked like a promising but unpolished true freshman in limited action last season, completing 44 of 69 pass attempts (63.8 percent) with four touchdowns and three picks.Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
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This perfect, unpolished example includes box and papers, of course, which were stashed at home.Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2024
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She’s still been busy, though, with all the ski trials and uncouth houseguests.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
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That collab has produced six custom 1α bikes, each costing €19,900, and looking – to my uncouth eye, at least – almost exactly like standard 1α models (priced at €14,900) but with an ill-fitting and slightly fuzzy seat cover.New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2024
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When purchasing baobab oil, be sure to look for cold pressed and unrefined to ensure all those beneficial nutrients and fats are intact.Mélanie Nauche, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
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Nonetheless, Hiromi’s scenes and her development from unrefined talent to practiced competitor more than make up for it.Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
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For their part, the Russians considered the Mizrahim—indeed, most Israelis—loud, uncultured boors.Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
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Inserting two distinct forms of the gene into clusters of uncultured cells, the team discovered that the form of NOVA1 found in H. neanderthalensis created bumpier blobs of brain tissue when cultured, while the form of NOVA1 found in H. sapiens created smooth, spherical clumps.Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2023
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In the middle of Rosewood Park in East Austin, the small, rough-hewn Henry Madison Cabin rests in the shadow of the Bertram-Huppertz House, a large limestone home built above Boggy Creek in the 1870s.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 24 June 2024
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Inside the former church was a sunken living room with comfortably oversize seating arranged around a fireplace, an enormous kitchen and dining area with a ceiling crossed by rough-hewn wooden beams, and a grand bedroom that had the presence of a theater set.Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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Heathcliff Heaths are areas of open, uncultivated land.Anna Moeslein, Parents, 22 July 2024
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Although a heath is an area of open, uncultivated land, in this instance the capital H points readers to Hampstead Heath, one of the highest points in London and a grassy space full of hills, ponds, woodlands, playgrounds and a training track.Bryan West, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
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The show was so bawdy — almost vulgar in a really fun way.Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Read more Here's what else to know one week before Election Day: Trump is on damage duty: The former president's campaign is scrambling to distance itself from racist, vulgar, and sexist comments made by speakers at Trump's Sunday night rally at Madison Square Garden in New York.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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Workers across the globe are in constant pursuit of work-life balance, looking to grab some me time to maintain a social life or simply watch the latest trashy reality-TV show.Chloe Berger, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
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Yet he’s always had an audaciously irreverent flair for mixing up the experimental and the trashy, the futuristic and the old school.Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Rough-edged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rough-edged. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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