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Recent Examples of unromantic
Unforgiven recasts the genre as a pitiless, almost pathologically unromantic realm populated by twits hoping to make their name and aged gunslingers who have to make peace with their bad pasts.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
These compounds, with unromantic names like (E)-beta-ocimene and benzyl methyl ether, are delicate.
—Lily Stewart, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2024
Millennials bring an unromantic prudence to such choices that often surprises their parents.
—Neil Howe, Fortune, 18 July 2023
How could a film turn such a simple, unromantic word into one of the most gut-wrenching expressions of love ever to be uttered on screen?
—Kori Williams, Seventeen, 20 Jan. 2023
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
These compounds, with unromantic names like (E)-beta-ocimene and benzyl methyl ether, are delicate.
—Lily Stewart, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2024
Millennials bring an unromantic prudence to such choices that often surprises their parents.
—Neil Howe, Fortune, 18 July 2023
How could a film turn such a simple, unromantic word into one of the most gut-wrenching expressions of love ever to be uttered on screen?
—Kori Williams, Seventeen, 20 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unromantic
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In his fourth feature, director Hsiao Ya-Chuan follows the unsentimental education of a motherless 11-year-old boy, Liao Jie (Bai Run-yin), raised in poverty by his kindly father, Liao Tai-lai (Liu Kuan-Ting), a waiter at a busy banqueting hall.Alissa Simon, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
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Students and parents need to be unsentimental about weighing risks and rewards, and come up with a gameplan that takes costs and future earnings into account.Taylor Tepper, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Like so many other stars on the main roster, ranging from Cody Rhodes to Kevin Owens, The Bloodline has consistently targeted them in a way that makes their quest for revenge quite the logical one.Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Boston and New York rarely engage in trades, but the deal is a logical one for both sides.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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While few constituencies have been spared recrimination, some of the most cynical and pernicious scapegoating has been reserved for the transgender community.Anthony D. Romero, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2024
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Bezos said he’s had a lot of success in life not being cynical.Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
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Those feelings can flood your brain, overtake some of your rational decision-making ability, and lead you to shy away from asking difficult or direct questions.Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin, Contributor, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
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Striking this balance between rational responsibility and intrepid innovation will ensure trust and fairness while fostering breakthroughs that define market leaders.Douglas B. Laney, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Albert is an adult — which may not be so entertaining on a night out, but seems the more logical choice for a sensible person like Charlotte.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
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So from an investment standpoint, investing elsewhere is very sensible.Tonya Mosley, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, offering a reasonable grace period can allow employees time to adapt to the new policy.Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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The two are linked: Disputes are much easier to solve when all parties have a reasonable prospect of prosperity.Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
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This approach is not new; it could also be called tough-minded diplomacy.Dan Caldwell, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2024
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There’s a radical, tough-minded generosity here that punches right through the wall of our moment’s hypersensitivity around appropriation.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2024
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No sane businessperson would relinquish so much as a square inch of New York real estate, except under duress.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
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We are left with the daunting — but in Snyder’s view, still doable — task of defeating the new Leviathan, restoring a saner governance focused on improving the lives of all citizens and finding solutions to the complex quandaries of our post-modern existence.Priscilla Hart, Baltimore Sun, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Unromantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unromantic. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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