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Adjective
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Then there's all the additional atrocities she's been exposed to this season, like the barbaric violence of the Legion.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Jan. 2026 -
These brave people have been risking their lives daily to protest this barbaric regime for more than two weeks now.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
16 Jan. 2026
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
Adjective
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Lies told by people who are simply too afraid to look at such an ugly, barbarous reality.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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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
Adjective
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In practice, some of these fast fixes can make a space feel less refined—or even unintentionally tacky.—
Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
15 Feb. 2026
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The bravura production and costume design are respectively by Suzie Davies and Jacqueline Durran, both correctly tipping the outrageous into the tacky.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But in that moment, nature was ironically inelegant.—
Hannah Towey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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But this didn’t change the fact of the previous incorrect and inelegant sentence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Last year’s conflict with Israel laid bare weaknesses in Iran’s command structures under pressure, with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reportedly becoming increasingly hard to reach and authority devolving to provincial governors.—
Farida Elsebai,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Havana’s streets and all provincial cities are full of trash and waste dumps are overflowing due to the fuel crisis to the point that residents have begun to burn them.—
Sarah Moreno
Updated February 19,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This sort of behavior is childish and unsophisticated.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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And Blackstone is not an unsophisticated hotel owner.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Animallike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animallike. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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