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Adjective
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Along with being a barbaric and disgraceful method of caring for people with severe mental illness, jails are not a long-term option.—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
24 Dec. 2025 -
There was no electricity, and basic human conditions were barbaric.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
4 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Rather than a barrier between north and south, Arab and African, civilized and uncivilized, the Sahara emerges as a varied landscape deeply enmeshed in trading, religious, and other networks that stretch beyond its vast expanse.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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This sort of rhetoric only adds to the hysterical nature of contemporary politics, giving respectability to uncivilized behavior.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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Still, a second-generation Jewish American sensibility permeated Caesar’s shows—not just in Yiddish tossed into barbarous tongues but in the pervasive mood of streetwise distrust.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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In the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis, a man dressed as a cop shot two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses, killing the DFL speaker of the House and her husband in a barbarous (and politically motivated) atrocity.—
Jeffrey Blehar,
National Review,
14 June 2025
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Below, three interior designers share the color combos that look tacky today—plus offer modern alternatives.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
12 Jan. 2026
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Whether today or five decades ago, every era is marked by designs that are considered cool—and ones that feel tacky.—
Shagun Khare,
Martha Stewart,
10 Jan. 2026
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Both zinc oxide and titanium dioxide, the most common mineral filters, are notoriously finicky ingredients—the thick white powders are cosmetically inelegant and prone to leaving white casts, particularly on deeper skin tones.—
Dani Hardman,
Allure,
15 Sep. 2025
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A certain inelegant hastiness in the plot has been resolved by treating the monologues almost as arias, giving them each an equal sense of grandeur, like the relentless finale of a fireworks display.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Islamic Republic has lost many of its best and brightest to emigration, and the members of the élite who remain are, in general, from a more provincial background.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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On Saturday afternoon, an explosive drone hit the Aleppo provincial government building shortly after two Cabinet ministers and a local official held a news conference on the developments in the city, state TV said.—
Ghaith Alsayed,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Advocates and families of some deportees have said they were falsely accused based on little evidence, and law enforcement officials and documents suggest Tren de Aragua is a relatively small and unsophisticated organization.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
9 Jan. 2026
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Once thought of as unsophisticated and easily duped, a new breed of retail investor is giving the professionals who have long dismissed them a run for their money, according to investors and market data analysts interviewed by CNBC.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Animallike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animallike. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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