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Recent Examples of blinkered
By that blinkered calculus, an informative podcast will always trump music.
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Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
The strong ensemble includes Odessa A’zion, Jordan Firstman, True Whitaker, and a revelatory straight-man turn from Josh Hutcherson, but its undeniable center is star and series creator Rachel Sennott, whose performance as the blinkered, ambitious Maia holds these spiraling players together.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
In his letters, Chekhov could sound like Ivan, lambasting the blinkered privilege of Russia’s aristocracy and the state of poverty in which most of the people were mired in.
—Philip Metres
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
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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Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
The strong ensemble includes Odessa A’zion, Jordan Firstman, True Whitaker, and a revelatory straight-man turn from Josh Hutcherson, but its undeniable center is star and series creator Rachel Sennott, whose performance as the blinkered, ambitious Maia holds these spiraling players together.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
In his letters, Chekhov could sound like Ivan, lambasting the blinkered privilege of Russia’s aristocracy and the state of poverty in which most of the people were mired in.
—Philip Metres
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blinkered
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Research shows the disparity between vaccination coverage in private and parochial/religious versus public schools is that private and parochial/religious schools tend to have higher rates of exemptions to vaccinations for moral and religious beliefs.—
Kar-Hai Chu,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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But quietly, the third-year forward had put himself in position for a more parochial reserve reward, one that caught him unaware.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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The insular culture and unadorned lives of conservative Anabaptist people aren't often associated with music, but Amish sacred music dates back half a millennium.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
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But two battles on the June ballot in Los Angeles have raised the temperature this campaign season and invited questions about the lengths members of the insular local bench will go to protect their own.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Oilers foundation uses a service provider called Win50, a company accredited by the Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis (AGLC), a provincial-government regulatory body.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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State Grid currently operates across 26 of mainland China’s 31 provincial-level regions, while China Southern Power Grid covers five southern regions, including Guangdong, reports SCMP.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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The recent fatal accident at LaGuardia International Airport in New York highlighted how reactionary the aviation safety system can be.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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The Emmys have become increasingly reactionary to conversation and can only focus on one thing at a time.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
2 May 2026
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And while a few of its more hidebound customs can present something of an endurance test—outside of Chicagoland, nobody actually enjoys Take Me Out to the Ball Game—fans would probably riot if MLB managers stopped wearing their team’s uniform.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Trump expresses confidence that his nominee to become Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, can unleash an economic bonanza by jettisoning what the president sees as the central bank’s hidebound reluctance to slash interest rates.—
Paul Wiseman,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Blinkered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blinkered. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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