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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unforthcoming
Adjective
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Griffin Dunne, Carol Kane, Liev Schreiber, Bad Bunny, Regina King, Vincent D’Onofrio, and more (plus a murderer’s row of recognizable NYC voices) all add the kind of sparkle that Butler’s more restrained (and often quite compelling) performance can’t quite allow for.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
27 Aug. 2025 -
Medium-full, with excellent ripeness, very good acidity, restrained wood notes and impressive persistence; the finish displays notes of green herbs and wet stone.—
Tom Hyland,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The first three episodes currently streaming on Paramount+ reveal that the Tiva dynamic remains as ambiguous as ever.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Sep. 2025
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The term has become both expansive and ambiguous.—
Lauren Buitta,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Heavy surveillance backfires—leading to evasive behavior or shadow use.—
HEC Paris Insights,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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At once overstuffed and evasive, Oyeyemi’s fiction is full of texts that shift shape for each reader, proposing that fiction is inherently confounding.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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There are students who feel inhibited from expressing their Jewish or Zionist identity because of the atmosphere of the atmosphere of intimidation or harassment on college campuses.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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Nini and Lali seemed happier without him—more relaxed, less inhibited.—
Tao Lin,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But Madsen was born to be the Lee Marvin of the 1990s — the kind of laconic brute who spoke softly and carried a sharp straight-razor.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
3 July 2025
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The ideas of Solar Power — laconic pacing, a quest for inner peace fed through late ’90s and early-aughts folk-pop and alternative-dance filters — are not absent, but the execution is spiffier.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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Kuechly is naturally a bit more cerebral, a bit more reserved, yet very much the imposer on the field.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Aug. 2025
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Heming says the first symptom was Willis getting more reserved.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Throughout the show, Conrad is forgiven by fans for being uncommunicative and avoidant.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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Where Tammy proves no more fortunate than Patti is in her choice of husband: David, distant and uncommunicative, is having an affair with his office assistant, Narcedalia (Dascha Polanco).—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Rockies owner Dick Monfort has been reticent to make changes over the years.—
John Perrotto,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Though Porter County communities have so far been reticent about approving any data center proposals, several Lake County municipalities are more open to the idea.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Unforthcoming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unforthcoming. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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