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Recent Examples of unromantic
But if Naples’s gaudy decadence is hot on social media, the city is also experiencing a much more unromantic, enduring and crude degradation that is engulfing the youth from its poorer quarters.
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Gianni Cipriano, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
The system is simple, if unromantic: One partner proposes through the app, and the other is sent a notification.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
But engagement is often seen as a highly emotional and symbolic act and asking the recipient to sign a legal document in connection with receiving the ring may feel transactional or unromantic.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
There are some unromantic reasons why fall can smell so intoxicating.
—Lauren Mazzo, SELF, 8 Oct. 2024
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Gianni Cipriano, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
The system is simple, if unromantic: One partner proposes through the app, and the other is sent a notification.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
But engagement is often seen as a highly emotional and symbolic act and asking the recipient to sign a legal document in connection with receiving the ring may feel transactional or unromantic.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
There are some unromantic reasons why fall can smell so intoxicating.
—Lauren Mazzo, SELF, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unromantic
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Across almost 20 novels, the British author spun fantastical tales with unsentimental wit, infusing his work with darkly morbid humor, blithe child endangerment, rotten and antagonistic adults, and a willingness to occasionally laugh at the misfortune of others.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
17 Oct. 2025
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That father is Mahmood Mamdani, a political scientist known for his stringent and unsentimental view of African politics.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Hubspot — The stock slumped 12%, despite the customer platform reporting strong top and bottom-line figures for the third quarter.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Then, Walmart gets another bottom-line boost, as a large portion of those SNAP funds get turned around and spent at Walmart.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Not even a meta ending that pushes that idea to its logical breaking point can sour you on it.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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To be fair, public entities have been stretching public records trade secret exceptions to logical extremes long before college athletes started getting paid—and these carve-outs are often intended to be permissive.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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My appetite for more Lee is low, but Harjo’s Tulsa — cynical and lively at the same time — simmers with more to say.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Certainly, the cynical have questioned if one organization is cleaning up a mess beget by another in the name of democratizing fashion, including through the proliferation of fossil-fuel materials.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Oct. 2025
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There seemed to be a rational acceptance of the outcome.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Therefore, the present work supports the belief that rational materials design at both the macro and atomic levels can solve long-standing challenges, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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The film is full of such commonsensical insights about people and their affairs.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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At 48 percent off, the traveler-adored Matein Travel Laptop Backpack is an excellent, sensible gift that can function as both a personal item and an everyday sightseeing tote.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Nov. 2025
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Understanding the absurdity of one trillion anything makes the $38 trillion US national debt that economists have been blathering on about for years look almost sensible.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Relative to the starting pitcher market, his contract -- he is owed $28 million combined over the next two seasons with a club option for 2028 -- is reasonable.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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The pop punk icon confirmed a slate of upcoming shows for next year on Monday, along with efforts to ensure tickets get in actual fans’ hands for a reasonable price, rather than to resellers who will hawk them at major markups to those who missed out during the initial on-sale.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Unromantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unromantic. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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