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Recent Examples of unelaborate
How can something so unelaborate as Sole Meuniere with Lemon and Browned Butter be such a rave?
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2017
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unelaborate
Adjective
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Residents can bring their undecorated, live Christmas trees to the recycling drop-off location and swap it for a new containerized tree (one per household) that can be planted in their yard.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2025
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Dallas has designated four locations where undecorated natural trees can be left through Feb. 3.—
Tasha Tsiaperas,
Axios,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Editors’ Picks The writing is often straightforward and unadorned but there are evocative touches on every page and many comic moments.—
Joseph Berger,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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In these factual sections, Tuck’s voice is sober and unadorned, befitting the overwhelming horror of the subject matter.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Industry experts say some of the reasons are plain to see: Reports of detentions and deportations, including the weekslong lockup of European tourists, have sowed fears of bad experiences at the border.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Apr. 2025
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Attorneys for immigrant rights groups and five pregnant mothers who sued to protect birthright citizenship said Trump's order violates the plain text of the Constitution, common law history, Supreme Court precedent and more than a century of consistent practice.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The simplest way, Studholme suggests, is to use one group of neutrals or a tone on tone graduation of the same color, such as Pigeon, Blue Gray, Muzzle and Cromarty from Farrow & Ball, for example.—
Ariel Okin,
Vogue,
18 Apr. 2025
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Asked who’d buy these gold cards during an Oval Office meeting with reporters in February, Trump had a simple answer.—
Meehika Barua,
HubSpot,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The kitchen—small, unfancy, pleasant—has a window with a sight line to the Duomo: by conventional measures the best view in the apartment, but somehow, in this setting, a private decadence.—
Nathan Heller,
Vogue,
23 Aug. 2022
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The writing was elegant but direct, decidedly unfancy, and always infused by Gurza’s encyclopedic knowledge of music and passion for social justice, community and family.—
Richard Marosi,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2022
Cite this Entry
“Unelaborate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unelaborate. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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