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Recent Examples of nonglamorous
Her essay about the real, nonglamorous work of farming is a must-read for anyone who has romanticized the pursuit.
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SFChronicle.com, 21 June 2019
SFChronicle.com, 21 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonglamorous
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This is, of course, a very different property world to Trump's, whose father Fred amassed an unglamorous fortune building apartments, then watched his son turn the family business into a glitzy real-estate empire.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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Despite their unglamorous nature, these sectors represent essential services.—
Ilona Limonta-Volkova,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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Darcy goes running after Elizabeth in the rain…and then proposes to her in quite a clumsy and unromantic way?—
Marley Marius,
Vogue,
25 Mar. 2025
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Unforgiven recasts the genre as a pitiless, almost pathologically unromantic realm populated by twits hoping to make their name and aged gunslingers who have to make peace with their bad pasts.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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Even on a dusty tarmac with the car riding on decidedly unexotic Michelin Pilot Sport 4S summer tires (the same rubber that was used to set its official 0–60 and quarter-mile times), the Nevera leapt off the line without a hint of wheelspin.—
Bradley Iger,
Ars Technica,
17 Aug. 2022
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Benefit’s popular cherry-red Benetint started life in 1976 as a nipple stain made for exotic dancers out of rose petals and carmine and later commercialized for the unexotic rest of us.—
Linda Wells,
Town & Country,
16 Apr. 2021
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No new president, whether a Democrat, a more traditional Republican, or a Trump disciple, will have the option of returning to the familiar approaches of the post–Cold War era.—
REBECCA LISSNER,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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The legal battle between these parties has become a familiar topic in sports law.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
24 June 2025
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“Nonglamorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonglamorous. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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