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Recent Examples of lukewarm Defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver gave Smith a lukewarm endorsement. Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025 Yet rather than celebrating, Beijing’s response has been noticeably lukewarm, despite having long urged Washington to ease the stringent export controls. John Liu, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2025 Early reaction to the finale appeared to be lukewarm, with fans on X and TikTok sharing mixed responses Thursday evening. Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2025 Certainly the state transportation authority was lukewarm on the pricey program. Mark Chiusano, Time, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lukewarm
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lukewarm
Adjective
  • Forget the crowds of other Rocky Mountain destinations—Durango gives visitors a warm Colorado welcome, and then some.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Fall and winter are ideal for testing the soil in flower and vegetable gardens, as well as warm-season turfgrass lawns.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Nearly 3,000 Amazon shoppers gave the candle trio a five-star rating for their adjustable brightness, realistic flickering features, and neutral colors.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Cleaning solution—Use a mild, pH-neutral cleaner specifically designed for hardwood floors.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Maximum lethality, not tepid legality.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
  • For such an insistence on democracy, the pavilion is curiously tepid in its politics, save for a kind of vernacular populism and some PBS-esque nods to the Gee’s Bend quilters.
    Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In the summer, mountain temperatures have risen to 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) and left reindeer over-heated and unable to graze enough to gain the weight needed to sustain them in winter.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • At an afterparty, the two men became involved in a heated exchange, Wright told the grand jury.
    Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Cracker Barrel statement doesn't satisfy naysayers Reactions to the announcement were largely unenthusiastic, with many fans accusing the chain of ignoring their concerns and calling for a return to the old brand design.
    Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 26 Aug. 2025
  • There's only so much one can glean from the preseason, but performance reviews for Maye have been unenthusiastic at best.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.
    Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
Adjective
  • At times, Beijing has taken harsh measures toward North Korea—including temporarily suspending oil shipments, restricting Chinese tourism, and applying financial sanctions to the North—although such efforts have typically been short-lived and halfhearted.
    SHUXIAN LUO, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Lukewarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lukewarm. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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