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Adjective
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These final years are sometimes treated as a lost period, because Twain’s writing grew bitter and cynical and unpalatable to those more interested in pleasing escapades.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025 -
What makes Kennedy’s order especially cynical is that designing and implementing a clinical trial is an extraordinarily complex, costly and time-consuming process.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Abdellatif Kechiche’s 2013 graphic lesbian love story Blue Is the Warmest Color confounded cynics by winning over a jury headed by, of all people, Steven Spielberg.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
14 May 2025
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Ignore the cynics and their interest in intimidating ironic innovation!—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Her Daphne was a realist, a hedonist and, like Fahy, a great hang.—
Alexis Soloski,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Working with his skilled team of animators, Bienvenu evokes Iris’ world with the detail and bold touch of a realist.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
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“Nihilist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nihilist. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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