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Recent Examples of unreceptive
This film is a prime example of how the sci-fi genre helps creators to pass along (often very preachy) messages to otherwise unreceptive audiences.
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Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023
Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met with Niger's junta members in the capital this week but called them unreceptive to her demands to restore Niger's democracy.
—Ellen Knickmeyer and Tracy Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2023
Republican voters, especially the MAGA supporters, have been unreceptive.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
Against the tide again, with a new album of personal and political liberation Kanye West’s latest album, Donda, was dropped (the industry term) into an unreceptive environment skeptical of West’s recent public statements and his nonconformist, uncelebrity-like political stances.
—Armond White, National Review, 3 Nov. 2021
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Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023
Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met with Niger's junta members in the capital this week but called them unreceptive to her demands to restore Niger's democracy.
—Ellen Knickmeyer and Tracy Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2023
Republican voters, especially the MAGA supporters, have been unreceptive.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
Against the tide again, with a new album of personal and political liberation Kanye West’s latest album, Donda, was dropped (the industry term) into an unreceptive environment skeptical of West’s recent public statements and his nonconformist, uncelebrity-like political stances.
—Armond White, National Review, 3 Nov. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreceptive
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This consensus has allowed movement on cases of religious persecution in Washington, while many other policies remain stuck in partisan gridlock.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Never before has a president issued mass pardons of government officials for fear that a successor would seek to prosecute them out of partisan vindictiveness.Peter Baker, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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The art world was dismissing the popular reception of Photorealism with a similarly narrow-minded explanation: Ordinary people, whose experience was being represented, liked it.Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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That’s the rigorous—or narrow-minded—judgment that . . .Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Since standardized testing tends to produce biased results, companies that use aptitude tests to screen out candidates may be creating unintentional liabilities as well as one-dimensional applicant profiles.Lori Landrum, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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The defense will seek to depict him as a law-abiding leader who was a victim of careless and biased police investigations.Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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The story explores the paths to reconciliation through family and focuses on reflecting the prejudiced behaviors that still exist in small towns.Jamie Lang, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
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This is a specifically modern issue, where fan criticism stops being constructive and instead morphs into overly negative and prejudiced attacks on products, organizations, or individuals.Callum Booth, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Two more partial skulls, one in New Zealand and one in Chile, later enabled scientists to confirm a brand-new species.Lex Harvey, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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Joining the fray for at least partial ownership of the contracts is the public, nonprofit Jackie Robinson Foundation, launched in 1973 by Robinson’s widow, Rachel Robinson, to perpetuate the memory of her husband.Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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For those who are intolerant to dairy products or those who are vegan, almonds are a great source of calcium and phosphorus.Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2024
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But the Soviet system was simply too intolerant of disagreements to leave their loyalties to chance.Jeremy Friedman, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2024
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Perry none too subtly reminds that such a relationship was hardly welcomed in 1940s small-town America, as sniping from their bigoted blond classmate Mary Kathryn (Sarah Helbringer) makes clear.Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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Many Democrats have abandoned hope in favor of cynicism: deciding that most of the voting public are selfish, bigoted enemies of democracy.Jamil Zaki, TIME, 23 Nov. 2024
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