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a T-shirt with an objectionable image
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DeSantis had, apparently, figured out a way to stuff Make America Great Again into a sleeker, less objectionable package, one that appealed to both traditional Republican business interests and the newly influential far right.
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Drew Nelles, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
President Trump and his top adviser on downsizing the government, Elon Musk, have ordered nearly every agency to reduce staff on a tight deadline to overhaul the government, in part by eliminating programs the president views as ideologically objectionable.
—Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
In exchange, the Democrats agreed to drop a handful of liberal appellate nominees whom Republicans found especially objectionable, leaving those seats open.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
But there was nothing grammatically incorrect or aesthetically objectionable about how the fashion brand had used the em dashes.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2025
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Drew Nelles, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
President Trump and his top adviser on downsizing the government, Elon Musk, have ordered nearly every agency to reduce staff on a tight deadline to overhaul the government, in part by eliminating programs the president views as ideologically objectionable.
—Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
In exchange, the Democrats agreed to drop a handful of liberal appellate nominees whom Republicans found especially objectionable, leaving those seats open.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
But there was nothing grammatically incorrect or aesthetically objectionable about how the fashion brand had used the em dashes.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Objectionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/objectionable. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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objectionable
adjective
ob·jec·tion·able
əb-ˈjek-sh(ə-)nə-bəl 
: arousing objection : offensive
uses objectionable language
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