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also anticlimactical
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Recent Examples of anticlimactic
His final at-bat: An anticlimactic pop up to center field for the third out in the ninth.
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
The prom itself in American Pie is fairly anticlimactic as far as the completion of the boys’ mission is concerned, and one of them, Jim (Jason Biggs), delivers an impassioned speech about how meaningless the whole enterprise was to begin with.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 17 May 2025
Despite a $1 billion shortfall that had to be plugged, the $55 billion budget proved to be anticlimactic, largely hewing to the outline Gov. JB Pritzker offered in February.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
Yet, even that closing portion left plenty to be desired, since the low-key ending felt pretty anticlimactic compared to the razzle-dazzle from earlier in the evening.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 30 May 2025
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
The prom itself in American Pie is fairly anticlimactic as far as the completion of the boys’ mission is concerned, and one of them, Jim (Jason Biggs), delivers an impassioned speech about how meaningless the whole enterprise was to begin with.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 17 May 2025
Despite a $1 billion shortfall that had to be plugged, the $55 billion budget proved to be anticlimactic, largely hewing to the outline Gov. JB Pritzker offered in February.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
Yet, even that closing portion left plenty to be desired, since the low-key ending felt pretty anticlimactic compared to the razzle-dazzle from earlier in the evening.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
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While the underlying facts may seem unimportant and mundane—a random person watching a video on NBA.com and a cookie transmitting some data for Facebook ads—the NBA urges the Court to play out the Second Circuit’s reasoning.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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This is not to say that the context in which statistics is applied is unimportant.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
Adjective
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Regal is selling these services with a cost-savings pitch, but that may be trivial compared to the benefits of good customer service that technology can provide.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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While this matter may be trivial, family members not respecting how others present and share food can, over time, ruffle feathers in a household.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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Lovell-Badge said the amount of DNA from the donor is insignificant, saying any resulting child would have no traits from the woman who donated the healthy mitochondria.—
Astha Rajvanshi,
NBC news,
17 July 2025
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Though relatively small given the overall budget’s $27.2 billion bottom line, the problem isn’t insignificant, given that the fiscal year is barely underway.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
16 July 2025
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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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