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Recent Examples of blandness
The amount of color many of us encounter day to day keeps shrinking, Williams points out, largely because blandness is cheaper to produce and easier to sell.
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Angela Haupt,
Time,
30 June 2026
That geographic blandness only emphasizes the film’s other shortcomings, such as Schoenaerts’s anonymous work as the villain (a lot of glowering and creepy glares) and the rather rote big-sister/little-sister arc given to Supergirl and Ruthye.
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David Sims,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2026
Vernaccia di San Gimignano, the region's only white DOCG, has now mostly shaken its reputation for blandness and its best growers are making fresh, saline expressions with shimmering delicacy.
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Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
But so much choice can mean repetitiveness at best, and blandness at worst.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
Obviously the blandness of a tan wall offends them.
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Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
Yes, nobody wants blandness from managers.
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Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
The blandness starts with its images and affects its performances, too.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
Dawn Heuer, the founder of The Heuer Design Collective in Atlanta, Georgia, shares similar feelings regarding the blandness of gray.
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Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
28 Dec. 2025
Angela Haupt,
Time,
30 June 2026
That geographic blandness only emphasizes the film’s other shortcomings, such as Schoenaerts’s anonymous work as the villain (a lot of glowering and creepy glares) and the rather rote big-sister/little-sister arc given to Supergirl and Ruthye.
—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2026
Vernaccia di San Gimignano, the region's only white DOCG, has now mostly shaken its reputation for blandness and its best growers are making fresh, saline expressions with shimmering delicacy.
—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
But so much choice can mean repetitiveness at best, and blandness at worst.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
Obviously the blandness of a tan wall offends them.
—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
Yes, nobody wants blandness from managers.
—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
The blandness starts with its images and affects its performances, too.
—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
Dawn Heuer, the founder of The Heuer Design Collective in Atlanta, Georgia, shares similar feelings regarding the blandness of gray.
—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
28 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blandness
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Through the gut-skin axis, an unhealthy gut or ongoing internal inflammation can contribute to conditions such as acne, eczema, rosacea, dullness, and sensitive skin.
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Lavender softens the look of dullness, green helps reduce the appearance of redness, and peach helps counter visible dark spots.
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The way Adult Swim’s slate of low-fi, off-kilter programming managed to interrupt the monotony of 2000s cable TV, Friedland’s show follows a familiar format while subtly contorting it.
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The tension latent in Jobim and Regina’s working relationship gives their rendition a mischievousness that’s sorely missed in the monotony of Art Garfunkel’s version, or the twee precision of Susannah McCorkle’s.
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The meat is cut on a Berkel slicer to near-translucent thinness, bringing out the sweetness of the fat.
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The thinness of aesthetic attention is remarkable.
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There’s also regularity—both in the bowel movement sense as well as the general predictability sense.
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And that, apparently, wraps up our Hump Day class on predictability.
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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.
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It’s powered by your own hand—only without the tediousness of using a needle and thread.
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The weakness that began in technology stocks spread through Asia and Europe on Tuesday, while precious metals also came under pressure as investors reassessed the path of interest rates.
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When the complex was being constructed, there were deviations from the building’s original design, contributing to structural weaknesses, the report said.
Noun
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Here, fit becomes more about interoperability rather than sameness.
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As a big consumer of movies, Dunn sees a certain sameness to the storytelling that has set it and needs a big shakeup.
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“Blandness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blandness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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