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free from all additions or embellishment
I'm telling the unvarnished truth
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Recent Examples of unvarnished
The exchange underscored the unvarnished, anything-goes nature of the podcast, which appears designed to feel more like friends hanging out than a polished production.
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Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
The project was kicked into motion by unvarnished conversations with friends, including Florence, who fearlessly shared her breast cancer story with me and online.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
Lighton presents it all with unvarnished honesty, allowing the tension and humor to bloom in the clash between Skarsgård’s forthright Scandinavian brusqueness, and Melling’s awkward British charm.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2026
Their grizzled group was urgent to win and didn’t provide the runway to play through the kind of mistakes befitting of an unvarnished lottery pick.
—Sam Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
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Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
The project was kicked into motion by unvarnished conversations with friends, including Florence, who fearlessly shared her breast cancer story with me and online.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
Lighton presents it all with unvarnished honesty, allowing the tension and humor to bloom in the clash between Skarsgård’s forthright Scandinavian brusqueness, and Melling’s awkward British charm.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2026
Their grizzled group was urgent to win and didn’t provide the runway to play through the kind of mistakes befitting of an unvarnished lottery pick.
—Sam Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unvarnished
Adjective
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Build buffer time, trim one commitment, then return to the itinerary with even gentler expectations and a simpler packing list.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2026
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Parents, guardians, aunts and uncles don't have time to read every book on the shelf while trying to pick something for the young reader in their life, so here are some simple ways to determine if a book is suitable for that child.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This is plain weaponization of the FBI for partisan political purposes.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Great effort has been made to transform what is ordinarily a plain, beige room into a festive space.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The opposite side is unadorned white stucco.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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The culture clash is presented unadorned without commentary.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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As Barber fell to the canvas, Grasso put her in a rear naked chokehold before the fight was quickly called.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
31 Mar. 2026
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In spite of a seismic crossing of the technological Rubicon, an abandonment of the centuries-old deference to the naked eye, a codifying and calcifying of the most atomic-level building block of the sport, baseball mostly just looked like baseball.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Unvarnished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unvarnished. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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