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Recent Examples of unpublishable
Danielle Carr Given too much room to roam, an Adderall article or essay can become overly ambitious, wandering and sprawling out into a totally unreadable (and unpublishable) manifesto that usually ends up foundering under the weight of overload.
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
26 Mar. 2024
Wayne acknowledged the catch with some unpublishable praise.
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Calum McAndrew,
Kansas City Star,
7 Mar. 2024
Another invective suggesting an unhealthy and unpublishable appreciation of sheep emerged from the Irish actor's mouth and astounded Devine.
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Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
7 July 2023
The book was probably unpublishable.
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Deborah Cohen,
The Atlantic,
8 Mar. 2022
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
26 Mar. 2024
Wayne acknowledged the catch with some unpublishable praise.
—
Calum McAndrew,
Kansas City Star,
7 Mar. 2024
Another invective suggesting an unhealthy and unpublishable appreciation of sheep emerged from the Irish actor's mouth and astounded Devine.
—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
7 July 2023
The book was probably unpublishable.
—
Deborah Cohen,
The Atlantic,
8 Mar. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpublishable
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Yippies would turn up at a 1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears show at Madison Square Garden, carrying obscene banners outside and dumping manure by the front gate.
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After shares rallied to a peak of $225 on June 16, a stunning 50 percent rise over their opening price, Musk officially became the world’s very-first trillionaire — an obscene hyper-capitalist milestone highlighting the tech oligarchy’s iron grip on society.
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Gibson asked for pornographic images of the minor, and sent photos of himself, according to court documents.
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While Washington drags its feet, kids across the nation are being exposed to vile, pornographic images and ads with no meaningful safeguards to prevent it.
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Who the [unprintable] is Joe Rogan?
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The response from the film industry was swift and, in several cases, unprintable in full.
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Morris pleaded guilty in October last year in Oklahoma to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child.
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Varley, a teacher, was also found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm; four counts of cruelty to a person under 16; ten counts of taking indecent images of a child; two counts of possessing indecent images of a child; and one count of distributing an indecent image of a child.
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Her world is a Saturday morning cartoon crossed with a smutty joke.
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The first season of the series, based on Elle Kennedy’s smutty YA romance The Deal, follows Briar University juniors Hannah and Garrett, who pretend to date before their feelings for each other get all too real.
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And a great bench of freelancers is making this all-American game feel dramatic, approachable, and exciting—even to filthy casuals.
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But, the freedom loving sane people of this great country came to Karoline's defense to show support, destroy the filthy LIBS and celebrate the greatest press secretary this country has ever employed.
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The comedian was met with a standing ovation and the set was filled with his signature raunchy material.
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Scary Movie released in theaters on Friday, treating fans after a long hiatus to classically raunchy, Wayans-style send-ups of films like Get Out, Sinners, and M3GAN, all of which were glimpsed in teasers and trailers leading up to the premiere.
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What if the creature from John Carpenter’s The Thing had a prurient interest in one of the researchers?
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If minors are sent nude or otherwise prurient photos, the images are blurred.
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“Unpublishable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpublishable. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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