curbstone

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curbstone
Adjective
  • To an untutored lurker, the whole thing seemed like … a frickin’ ballet, or some less dainty choreography, a headlong dance of astounding precision.
    Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Blessed with a harsh, untutored, yet inimitably soulful voice, MacGowan forged a blend of traditional Irish folk music and punk rock that was later mimicked outright by bands the Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly, and left a clear influence on acts such as Gogol Bordello and Mumford and Sons.
    Andrew Barker, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
Adjective
  • Still, with this inspirational true story, the streamer stands to reach a much wider public than Perry’s typical audience, reminding how much of American history remains untaught and largely untold.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Until recent years, the story of how this period affected California’s Indigenous peoples had largely gone untaught or underrecognized.
    Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2024
Adjective
  • The script apparently also features period-accurate dialogue with translations and annotations for those uninitiated to Old English.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Still, the project offered a unique opportunity to reunite iconic talent with the franchise (hi, Jennifer Tilly!) and let the screenwriter reimagine his legendary character for an uninitiated, more progressive audience.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Republican values enable dangerously unqualified people in government to win confirmation because GOP senators lack the spine to seriously object.
    Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Musk’s incursions into other agencies have reportedly risked exposing sensitive information to unqualified personnel, and obstructing people’s access to lifesaving medicine.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, top scientists worry that the world is unprepared for the next major pandemic.
    Juan Manuel Santos, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Around 58% of hiring managers said recent college graduates are unprepared for the workforce, according to a December survey from Intelligent, an online magazine focused on higher education.
    Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Whether these findings map onto kids who are unschooled in the context of worldschooling remains to be seen without systematic longitudinal studies; anecdotal evidence from the parents in my research suggests mixed results.
    Jennie Germann Molz, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Some research also suggests that children who are unschooled underperform on academic assessments, particularly regarding reading.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2024
Adjective
  • It was intended to be a mockery of the way White people danced, though plantation owners often interpreted slaves' movements as unskillful attempts to be like them.
    Scottie Andrew and Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 6 July 2020
  • As is often the case, Louie was unlucky — and also unskillful.
    Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2017
Adjective
  • Jonathan Ernst | Reuters To the untrained eye, Joe Biden leaves the presidency with what appears to be a sterling economic record: hiring proceeding at a solid clip, gross domestic product on the rise and consumers still spending at a strong pace.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Yet even as Hamas has successfully recruited new, untrained, young fighters, the majority of Gazans in the Strip are completely disillusioned regarding Hamas's leadership.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Curbstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curbstone. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.

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