twice-told

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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. Jonathon Sturgeon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twice-told
Adjective
  • Corner infielders Carlos Santana (1B, CLE): The definition of boring and solid.
    Owen Poindexter, New York Times, 13 June 2025
  • Much happens in the sixth episode, but most of it is pretty boring like the rest of this season.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • What used to take hours, days, or weeks, or be accomplished with tedious workflows and expensive SaaS tools, can now be achieved within minutes.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • The biggest downside of the experience is that some of the admin tools can be tedious to manage.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • Being different or unique for the sake of attention getting is tiresome when an agent is reading dozens of queries at a time.
    Kate McKean June 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
  • Mike’s kvetching gets tiresome, but the movie zooms along with whiplash speed.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • Sculpting a modern tale about a porcelain company that’s 250 years old has a lot to do with understanding how younger generations come together, dine and entertain.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
  • International students make up about 27% of the student body at the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • Along the way, hikers will pass by a few creeks — some dry, others with water — and cross over wooden bridges.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025
  • That curl makes the nib of a fountain pen dry and scratchy.
    Benjamin Hale June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Hurts and the Eagles passing attack has been pedestrian since his return from a concussion.
    Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The book’s languor can be ponderous and vintage, more 20th century than 21st.
    Daniel Felsenthal, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
  • Parts of the final’s first half — slow and ponderous, with full-back Malo Gusto severely inverted — explained why a portion of Chelsea’s crowd are sceptical about him.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • His campaign poetry now faces the prosaic work of policy prioritization.
    Alexander C. Kaufman, The Atlantic, 16 June 2025
  • These prosaic details, coming three pages from the end, are shockingly poignant in their invocation of a familiar accouterment of upper-middle-class adolescence.
    Daphne Merkin, New York Times, 18 May 2025

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“Twice-told.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twice-told. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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