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Recent Examples of prosy
By the start of the 20th century, instead of offering a few prosy sentences that gestured vaguely toward ingredient amounts, American recipes increasingly began with a list of ingredients in precise, numerical quantities: teaspoons, ounces, cups.
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Helen Zoe Veit, Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2017
Helen Zoe Veit, Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosy
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Other stories are a little more prosaic, and even funny, as in the case of footballer Miodrag Belodedici, who had been part of Romania’s Steaua Bucharest team that beat Barcelona in the 1986 European Cup final.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The rest concerns prosaic matters of marital and family relations, commercial transactions, and ritual.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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Loznitsa’s methods are grim and exacting, but the effect is never monotonous; there are shivers of Hitchcockian suspense, plus a whispery cackle of satire that veers toward the Kafkaesque.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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By contrast, Gercke’s emasculated George speaks in the monotonous style of a man worn down by life.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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Championed by Roger Ebert but ultimately a box-office flop, Stay’s plotting is far too tedious and the characters played by Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts too vague for any of it to gel.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps its that in Korean, sun care is seen as an extension of skincare and a sensorial treat, not a tedious task.—
Deanna Pai,
Vogue,
19 Mar. 2026
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The premise is uninteresting, and, worst of all, the jokes aren’t remotely funny.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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As our Mike Vorkunov already pointed out, the four teams that are pennies above the tax line (Philadelphia, Denver, Phoenix and Toronto) are virtually guaranteed to make small deals to get under; these will just be spectacularly uninteresting trades in terms of actual basketball.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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The Chiefs turned that spiritless first half into a 28-7 blowout Monday night against the Commanders, opening the second half with touchdown drives of 80, 75 and 94 yards.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
28 Oct. 2025
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From spiritless spirits to refusing to open up a bar tab, members of Generation Z are continuing to challenge alcohol traditions.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The rooms Forget boring beiges and personality-less whites.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Mar. 2026
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This is a boring line of logic to keep hammering as the season drags on.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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Although his dullish voice-overs attempt to establish him as a deep thinker and observer, Moss outwardly comes off as anything but: surly, cocky, needy, slackerish, immature.—
Gary Goldstein,
latimes.com,
5 July 2018
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For all its virtues, Galvagnon tells me the journey to build Captain Arctic was wearisome.—
Dea Jusufi,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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But some in the party have zeroed in on less talked-about elections, in presidential battlegrounds and ruby-red states around the country, that could prove less costly and have a far-reaching impact at a time when the Democratic brand has grown wearisome with some voters.—
Hunter Woodall,
CBS News,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Prosy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosy. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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