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Adjective
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But in an interview with ABC News, United Airlines' chief customer officer, David Kinzelman, said most travelers will be unaffected by the small number of cancellations, and the airline is aiming to have the least amount of impact on its passengers.—
Ayesha Ali,
ABC News,
6 Nov. 2025 -
Yahoo Newscontinued that when prey struck the web perpendicularly, the waves produced were unaffected by the stabilimenta.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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The space reflects Aeyde’s signature understated and clean aesthetic rooted in the Bauhaus and Brutalism movements via geometric lines, furniture and textural interplay through a mix of travertine and veined marbles, wood and steel elements.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
11 Nov. 2025
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But in her eyes the urgency of the climate crisis cannot be understated.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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While Nash-Betts wore a plunging electric blue gown with a mermaid silhouette, Betts coordinated in a snakeskin trenchcoat with a more subdued shade of blue.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
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Fernandez decorated the home’s interiors with a warm, subdued palette to give the place a serene family-friendly vibe.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Russian space agency has previously downplayed the danger of its weapons tests in space.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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In a separate interview with CNN on Wednesday, Luntz also downplayed inflation as an election issue and drew a distinction with affordability.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Congress enacted the enhanced Obamacare subsidies during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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In the past few years, multiple states have introduced or enacted legislation that relaxes child-labor laws; in Iowa, for example, a fourteen-year-old now has the opportunity to work in an industrial laundry or a meat freezer.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Over the next several weeks, Fan was beaten, starved, and restrained.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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Special shout-out to Harper’s performance, which strikes me as a restrained cousin to John Cleese’s turn as Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Others abused alcohol and drugs, were separated and divorced, or acted out violently.—
Arianna Huffington,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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The loyal troupe fought with bullies and acted out Smith’s tales, some of which were loosely based on her favorite books (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Little Women, Nancy Drew).—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Underplayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underplayed. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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