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Recent Examples of blandness
Saft deplores this conciliatory blandness.
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
One veteran Hollywood insider not connected to Disney said the utter blandness of ABC’s Wednesday statement is evidence that the company was winging it and essentially stalling for time.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
One veteran Hollywood insider not connected to Disney said the utter blandness of ABC’s Wednesday statement is evidence that the company was winging it and essentially stalling for time.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blandness
Noun
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Regularly maintaining your granite countertops is crucial to prevent stains, scratches, and dullness.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
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The high-tech mask uses a combination of red, red plus infrared, and blue LEDs that help with common skin problems like fine lines, sagging, wrinkles, dullness, and uneven texture.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Combs' Halloween menu reads like the ghost of a feast, stripped bare of decadence but still precise in its monotony.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Zoom founder Eric Yuan even outsourced the monotony to an artificial intelligence (AI) avatar.—
Richard Torrenzano,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Thanks to the emphasis on thinness in American society, people who lose weight and then gain it back will often try another diet, and then another, continuously adding and shedding pounds.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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If thinness and lightness are paramount, the Pro line comes out ahead.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Still, despite the predictability of this opening act, several developments have progressed much further and faster than most had expected.—
Peter D. Feaver,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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New York Times Women want structure and predictability more than flexibility.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Many women with natural hair can empathize with the breakage concerns and tediousness that can arise when taking down protective styles.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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It’s powered by your own hand—only without the tediousness of using a needle and thread.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The problem with that is that good teams — the winning franchises — build their teams inside-out by fortifying the offensive and defensive lines, which just happen to be the areas of weakness this season.—
Omar Kelly
November 7,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Exports weren’t the only area that saw surprise weakness.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
7 Nov. 2025
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In a marketplace defined by sameness, community becomes the ultimate competitive edge.—
Astha Bhardwaj,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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What makes his writing distinctive is not its sameness but rather its range and variety.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Blandness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blandness. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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