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as in understated
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as in overplayed
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Adjective
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Monitoring and reporting requirements for ETS2 came into force this year and will be unaffected.—
Tasmin Lockwood,
CNBC,
10 Dec. 2025 -
Their European dates are unaffected.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
9 Dec. 2025
Verb
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So the support that everyone here is giving to families and parents around the country should not be understated.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
4 Dec. 2025
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Hynes’ stirring melodies sew together Essex Honey’s styles and collaborators—including Caroline Polachek, Tirzah, and cellist Mabe Fratti—into a profound and elegantly understated tapestry of elegy, memory, and surprise.—
Jenn Pelly,
Time,
4 Dec. 2025
Verb
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While the Supreme Court lifted tariffs on many goods, ruling that the executive order used to impose them was unconstitutional, tariffs on auto parts were enacted under a different authority, and remain in place.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
16 June 2026
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Trump has been making these kinds of threats since the tax was enacted in 2019.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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The Garden Room was also recently reimagined and now hosts Après Tea, a more elegant and subdued take on the post-ski tradition.—
Chadner Navarro,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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The skirt suit look capitalized on modern restraint, with streamlined style and subdued elements throughout.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
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Roberts downplayed the challenge of integrating a catcher midseason.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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But city officials who spoke with The Star, including Mayor Quinton Lucas, downplayed the issue, saying the city, team and state remain in close communication.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
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Prosecutors alleged that Chow acted out of a false belief that Carmack-Belton had shoplifted four bottles of water from his store.—
Jeana Fermi,
ABC News,
2 June 2026
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This is one of the earliest indicators of emotional intelligence because feelings with names become feelings that can be processed instead of acted out.—
Reem Raouda,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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The ones made by Graf Lantz have a tidy, contemporary look that plays well with both bold and restrained design preferences, and come in an expressive melange of colors and shapes.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Nov. 2025
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Nicholas Anzalone and Anthony Farina, guards at Marcy Correctional Facility in New York who faced a murder charge before pleading guilty to a lesser charge of first-degree manslaughter, were sentenced to 22 years in prison for their role in the beating death of a restrained detainee.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Nov. 2025
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“Underplayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underplayed. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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