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Adjective
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In recent years, what was seen as a purely utilitarian style has gotten a second look from designer labels, who’ve pushed the zip fleece in new directions with bold patterns and fabric blends that incorporate natural fibers.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
10 Nov. 2025 -
The hotels in the area were adequate but utilitarian.—
Bambina Wise,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The Incredibles films follow the daily lives of the Parr family, a household of superheroes trying to hide their powers while navigating a mundane life that occasionally beckons for more.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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In recent months, part of that strategy has extended to agentic AI, which—when deployed at scale—is meant to handle routine, mundane tasks autonomously with little input from human employees.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo, who is generally a pretty pragmatic progressive, sees a silver lining.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
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While the marquee race was democratic socialist Zorhan Mamdani’s win as New York’s youngest Mayor in more than a century and its first Muslim in the role, two more pragmatic nominees prevailed in races for Governor of Virginia and New Jersey.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Lay out an obtainable timeline.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Those solutions were likely obtainable before legal warfare started.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Banausic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banausic. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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