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Recent Examples of uncontroversial The Senate adjourned on a more harmonious note on Thursday after both parties banded together to pass eight final, uncontroversial House bills — four from Republicans and four from Democrats — by suspending the deadline rule and the three-day rule. Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 Haslam’s emphasis on NATO expansion as a precipitating cause of the war in Ukraine ought to be uncontroversial. Samuel Moyn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025 Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker were on hand to give friendly, uncontroversial welcomes. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025 Ultimately, given what had gone before, this was an uncontroversial squad. Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for uncontroversial
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Adjective
  • Prison guards have struggled to stay safe in the facility due to its outdated design.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • These safe haven laws allow parents to relinquish their parental rights within a time limit that differs state to state, according to the National Safe Haven Alliance.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The latter lists routine or noncontroversial items that councils approve in one block vote.
    Shawn Raymundo, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The Senate’s action was particularly remarkable, given that the measure was added by a voice vote — which usually signals a noncontroversial piece of legislation.
    Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Uncontroversial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncontroversial. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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