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Adjective
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To the left is a relaxed deck for post-dip chilling; to the right is the beautifully restrained restaurant, partly enclosed in a glasshouse with an undulating canopy roof.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Apr. 2026 -
Neither restrained nor overpowering.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The problem with the exhibition is not the works of art on view, but its ambiguous premise, its unwillingness to define its terms and approach the Lost Cause with historical clarity.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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The services can analyze all sorts of things, from the specific — such as a hotel bill that exceeded a preset limit — to the more ambiguous, such as whether a lawyer’s description of a task was too vague to be worthy of payment.—
Joe Mahr,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Two Southwest Airlines jets recently had to take evasive action at Nashville International Airport after collision alarms sounded in the cockpit.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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Both planes' Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems ordered the pilots to take evasive maneuvers.—
Kris Van Cleave,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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School is the crucible where raw vitality encounters the collective will to impose order and control but also to bring cultural richness to lives that might otherwise remain inhibited and crude.—
Tim Parks,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Her last and only boyfriend, Tim, would have been too inhibited.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Even a lot of contemporary fiction, where the scenario of characters agonizing over whether to have children has become quite common, defaults to a laconic style (very short paragraphs separated by empty space, for example) that channels the familiar wariness about lushness.—
Aaron Matz,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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What’s changed in the 40 years since Predator is that action heroes can’t be mysterious and laconic any more.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The way the actress moves through space physically gives even the most frenetic sequences an athletic, almost ethereal sense of direction, and Tung’s reserved ferocity doesn’t so much add to the spectacle as justify it.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2026
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Shayla was more reserved, often scrolling quietly on her phone.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The letter writer resented that a friend’s teenage son was uncommunicative, seemingly rude and wore headphones at joint family dinners.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The letter writer resented that one of her friend’s teenage sons was uncommunicative, seemingly rude and wore headphones at joint family dinners.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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That and his American plainstyle, beautiful and reticent, which a fifth-grade teacher first introduced me to, opening a door that stayed open.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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Typically, the military services are reticent to offer details about members of the special forces and take measures to keep their identities secret.—
Hallie Golden,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Unforthcoming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unforthcoming. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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