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Recent Examples of unelaborateHow can something so unelaborate as Sole Meuniere with Lemon and Browned Butter be such a rave?—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2017
As admirably rendered by the translator Ross Benjamin, Kehlmann’s style is sober and matter of fact, the sentences straightforward, undecorated by colorful words or difficult syntax.
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David Denby,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
Individuals may honor service members by laying flowers or flags at cemeteries, especially military resting places, where many graves often go undecorated.
But also take your time in crafting the perfect order of its plain pie — simply tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella and basil — or its white pie — with fresh mozzarella, ricotta, butter, garlic, olive oil and basil.
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Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
25 July 2025
Across social media, we’re told drinking plain water is passe, subpar, and incredibly basic.
Looking for their environmental DNA in scales, slime or skin cells that living beings shed all the time is a simpler way, Workman said.
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Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
Accessories were kept simple with large black sunglasses, a black and gold chain shoulder bag, and gold bangles—save for an extra large, wide-brimmed black sun hat.
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.
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Nathan Heller,
Vogue,
23 Aug. 2022
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.
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