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Adjective
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And while those details remain, they’ve been reimagined for the current moment with cropped silhouettes, fresh hues, and unexpected fabrics that call on the style’s utilitarian roots while fitting in with a modern wardrobe.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2026 -
At the same time, skateboard icon Tyshawn Jones brought a utilitarian edge to an army-green two-piece set.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Most cops have hero dreams, protector fantasies that sustain them through days that are mostly mundane.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Big fantastical ones, but also ones that feel so normalized and mundane and get extrapolated to their most dystopian and absurd.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Felix’s memoir-manifesto draws on Black radical poetic traditions to argue for the pragmatic power of poetry, and for language as a tool for liberation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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The winners of the Virginia and New Jersey governor’s races ran on a platform of being a little bit less divisive and trying to be more pragmatic.—
Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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New drilling projects abroad, however — including in Venezuela, whose gas reserves could be almost as vast and more readily obtainable than its oil — aren’t on EQT’s radar.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The first is for chemists and engineers to develop new chips that can use more easily obtainable minerals, such as copper or aluminum, instead of rarer minerals like gold.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Banausic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banausic. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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