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as in blindfold
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as in provincial
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Recent Examples of blindfolded
This suggests that pitch competitions can be compared with beauty pageants with blindfolded judges.
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Dileep Rao, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
He was then taken away, handcuffed and blindfolded, and put into a military vehicle.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Their bodies were found wrapped in plastic, blindfolded, bound and gagged on a farm in March 1985.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
In the clip, Jess led her blindfolded boyfriend outdoors, where a celebration full of food, balloons and friends and family awaited.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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Dileep Rao, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
He was then taken away, handcuffed and blindfolded, and put into a military vehicle.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Their bodies were found wrapped in plastic, blindfolded, bound and gagged on a farm in March 1985.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
In the clip, Jess led her blindfolded boyfriend outdoors, where a celebration full of food, balloons and friends and family awaited.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindfolded
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Most of the smoke reaching the American Midwest has been coming from fires northwest of the provincial capital of Winnipeg in Manitoba.—
Steve Karnowski,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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Segovia, a romantic hilltop city in the country’s largest region, Castilla y León has the Antonio Machado House-Museum, a prime example of early 1900s provincial Castillian living, named after the Spanish poet who lived there.—
Jessica Benavides Canepa,
AFAR Media,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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But the Islanders, at another unique if less delicate intersection in franchise history, needed a fresh and collaborative perspective — especially after spending the first quarter of this century as the most insular team in the league.—
Jerry Beach,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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According to the study, many insular or island duck species had reduced flying abilities.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2025
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But a blinkered narrative coupled with misty-eyed aesthetic choices yield a strange and scattershot result.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Mar. 2025
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While the show has been dinged since its earliest days for having a blinkered or inaccurate depiction of its Chicago environs, that tends to matter most to critics from Chicago.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
27 July 2024
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The third barrier to advancement Hamilton mentioned is risk aversion, and the fourth is parochial services.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Prevost spent nearly two decades in missionary service in Peru, beginning in 1985 with roles such as parochial vicar and chancellor in Chulucanas, and later director of formation for Augustinian aspirants in Trujillo.—
Chicago Tribune,
Twin Cities,
11 May 2025
Adjective
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At times, some say, the agency has been too hidebound.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
9 May 2025
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That gives them flexibility and the ability to take risks that can’t be made in more hidebound traditional schools.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Never mind the French Revolution, the bête noire of reactionary thinkers: Moldbug believed that the English and American Revolutions had gone too far.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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The real challenge is whether leadership is willing to preemptively invest in governance protocols before the need becomes reactionary.—
Manish Gupta,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Ethical awareness can help employees at all levels identify when a product or decision might cause harm, be biased or infringe upon privacy.—
Kumar Abhishek Narayan,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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No other president in our history would have used such blatantly biased information to prove an imaginary point.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
27 May 2025
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Nawrocki, a conservative historian and amateur boxer who was backed by PiS, had presented the vote as a referendum on Tusk's 18-month-old government.—
Anna Magdalena Lubowicka,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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The attacks from Trump and his allies on Leo and the Federalist Society reflect rifts between the populist Right and the conservative legal establishment.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
3 June 2025
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“Blindfolded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindfolded. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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