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Recent Examples of twice-told
Such a story told, even twice-told, is always lacking, never filling the whole picture because it is set apart.
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Jonathon Sturgeon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Jonathon Sturgeon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twice-told
Adjective
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As a means of conspicuous consumption the canon is poorly served, but as a destination to explore, as a complicated, contradictory, sometimes boring and often beautiful place, there can be much to be gained through a meander, a perusal, a stroll.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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There are a lot of small, sincere plays that are also very boring.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
Adjective
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Our current media environment is engineered for distraction, which means the gap between people who can sustain attention on tedious work and those who cannot is growing wider, not narrower.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Too much of the program is made up of tedious movies by beloved Cannes veterans — essentially affirmative action for auteurs.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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The Supertunia® petunias make this tiresome chore a thing of the past.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
12 May 2026
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Under Luis Enrique, the Parisians have become one of, if not, the dominant forces in the European game and, with a young squad full of togetherness, tenacity and a tiresome work ethic, the sky really is the limit for this team.—
Aleks Klosok,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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One prompted stories of an old cowboy sitting alone on a porch, surveying a ghost town; another prompted stories about a sun rising over a meadow, where tiny creatures awakened and started to frolic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Instead of looking frumpy in an old T-shirt, look polished and refined in this shirt that won’t constrict your movements.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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If the spring season is too dry, flowers and trees cut back on nectar production, causing bees to go hungry.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
20 May 2026
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Whipping winds can quickly spread the flames, and with the dry brush blanketing hills across South Orange County, minutes matter.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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Arsenal were distinctly pedestrian in their 1-0 win against Manchester United in their Premier League opener on Sunday, with new signing Viktor Gyokeres still looking out of sync with the rest of team after his $86m move from Sporting Club.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The unusual start time—one that was especially onerous to viewers on the West Coast—limited Woods’ live deliveries to a rather pedestrian 10.8 million viewers.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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His serious, sometimes ponderous style is most vividly on display in Son of Saul, which uses the nervy technique of keeping the camera very close on one prisoner as hell is unleashed in the periphery.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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Director Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi epic remains open to many different interpretations and may seem ponderous to modern audiences.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But the truth was a little more prosaic.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
16 May 2026
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Yards away, Starmer was attempting a far more prosaic challenge: surviving the day.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
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“Twice-told.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twice-told. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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