shamelessness

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Recent Examples of shamelessness The lucrative example paved the way for more than two decades of musical theater shamelessness. Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026 The world has gotten a glimpse of the fawning, skeezy shamelessness of his famous hangers-on, but not enough to criminally implicate them. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026 But, in an interview given in October, 2001, Navarro attempted to fill, with what sounds like shamelessness, the gap between himself and his alter ego. Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025 Ever since reforming their membership a few years back, the Globes have backed away from their particular brand of shamelessness and gotten a little bit hipper. Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025 Outlandishness and shamelessness are major elements in movies, and so Sheridan’s willingness to pull out all the stops — such as bringing in a huge forest fire just to keep things interesting — marks him as a man with the right sensibility to be making movies. Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shamelessness
Noun
  • You’ll be awed by its Escher-like effects, its confident audacity and how its many moving pieces crescendo for one of the best endings in film history.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
  • Having audacity comes down to taking action and being willing to take risks.
    Austin Schutte, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • Merlier’s effort displayed bravery, boldness, and incredible fast-twitch reactions.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 11 July 2026
  • History will judge Anthropic, the Vatican, OpenAI and Congress not by the boldness of their claims but by whether the institutions built to act on them are credible, consistent and accountable.
    Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • His brashness with a wink is a fun part of the package, but insight and candor are what make the best analysts.
    Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • Set the scene Sexy without being pretentious and bold without the brashness, Il Sereno is a lesson in artful restraint.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • That straight-forwardness is a hallmark not only of her marketing insights, but also of her leadership.
    Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Otero Alcántara, who was serving five years on charges of showing disrespect to national symbols, was set to be released from Guanjay, a maximum-security prison roughly 35 miles southwest of Havana, on July 9.
    News Desk, Artforum, 15 July 2026
  • In 2022, a court sentenced him to five years in prison for public disorder, contempt and disrespect toward national symbols.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • Cronin has long toed the line of humor and impudence, appearing in social media clips all season.
    Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • But such aesthetic impudence is par for the course at the kaleidoscopic seaside pleasure dome of architect Chet Callahan, his husband, finance executive Jacinto Hernandez, and their teenage sons, Hernan and Noe.
    Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 12 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Lace and leather gloves sourced from vintage costumers added a touch of sauciness to Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera evening dresses worn to the ballet and and the theater.
    Nicky Josephine, Vogue, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Some of this was a matter of the insolence of riches and pride of place.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • Turner, in her incendiary film debut, drapes Matty in haughty insolence, desperate unattainability, and seductive refinement.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Mar. 2026

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“Shamelessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shamelessness. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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