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Recent Examples of bovine
The most expensive food item on the menu is a $232 8-ounce piece of Japanese A-5 Wagyu, billed as the highest available grade in the entire bovine world.
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Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 5 Dec. 2025
Golden Guernsey, named for a bovine species known for dairy production (and from which Gertrude is styled), operated at the site for generations as a regional processor, bottler and distributor.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Zhu and his collaborators hypothesize that herd small talk may carry cues about bovine well-being.
—Miriam Fauzia, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
Made of bovine leather with shiny patent finish, these slingback pumps boast subtle, cute details like double bows at the toe and a pale pink heel.
—Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2025
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Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 5 Dec. 2025
Golden Guernsey, named for a bovine species known for dairy production (and from which Gertrude is styled), operated at the site for generations as a regional processor, bottler and distributor.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Zhu and his collaborators hypothesize that herd small talk may carry cues about bovine well-being.
—Miriam Fauzia, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
Made of bovine leather with shiny patent finish, these slingback pumps boast subtle, cute details like double bows at the toe and a pale pink heel.
—Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bovine
Adjective
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Shinichi Atobe’s arresting house and techno beams with inimitable candor, built from bright, phlegmatic loops that run on an eccentric internal logic.—
Maxie Younger,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
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Kunzweiler, a phlegmatic, gray-haired career prosecutor a generation older, prized the finality of a jury verdict — and the punishment that went with it.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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At the outset, Martin (William Giammona) is as stolid as a piece of furniture, standing stock still at center stage, the black rectangle through which the other actors enter and exit like a deep void behind him.—
Steven Winn,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
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During Saturn and Pluto’s sextile, your cautious 8th house and your stolid 6th house combine delicate topics with practical know-how.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
28 Mar. 2026
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Bakri’s face is impassive and exhausted during this casual debasement, his voice low, and his tone deadpan, as though Salim has been forced to do all this a million times before.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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Dressed in a blue sweatshirt and surrounded by court officers, Henderson remained impassive.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Ewert is not a fully dispassionate witness.—
Simon Akam,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
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European maps replaced this symbolic cosmology with the dispassionate diagram of the surveyor, more suited to conquest.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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There’s still time for an indifferent citizenry to get on board, to embrace NASA’s goals, to proceed into the future, to marvel at efforts to return to the lunar surface and, eventually, to chart the pathway to Mars.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Leo said that in a world hurt by wars and abuses, people need hope and peace, urging against growing accustomed to violence and indifferent to the death of tens of thousands.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The title may be clinical and detached; the image on its cover is anything but.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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The fire also damaged two neighboring houses and a detached garage.—
Robert A. Cronkleton
March 30,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Tuscan capital’s poshest hotel stands aloof from the selfie crush around Ponte Vecchio and the Duomo, in the quiet northern reaches of central Florence.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
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That’s on top of her other worries, not the least of which is her seemingly disturbed, aloof young son.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Bovine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bovine. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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