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Adjective
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Give it a really decent mix and that's fine.—
Emily Elias,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 June 2026 -
Teams are obviously attracted to the combination of size, body, work ethic, leadership, poise, shot and decent skill.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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This is something that a guy would think is innocuous, but any woman would gather up all of her friends and go to war over.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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The report itself that came out from his physician was mostly fairly innocuous.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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The Breadwinner is aiming to recapture the satisfaction of going to see a three-out-of-five-star movie, offering decent laughs in an inoffensive package.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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The Luce’s design is friendly, clean, tidy, inoffensive, and unremarkable.—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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Complimentary reef-safe sunscreen dispensers are available to guests property-wide and beach clean-ups are held regularly with guests invited to join.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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Both teams have played a clean game so far with eight turnovers apiece.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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Cross-dressing was prohibited, as were speeches that mocked or questioned the party’s prudish, pro-family, heteronormative views on gender and sexuality; traditional German culture was to be celebrated, not mocked.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
1 Apr. 2026
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Statistics like these have become part of a discussion about whether the culture is growing prudish and puritanical.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Nonobscene.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonobscene. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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