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Recent Examples of unromantic
The system is simple, if unromantic: One partner proposes through the app, and the other is sent a notification.
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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
Camille Peri’s engrossing A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson recounts in some detail the very unromantic odyssey that led Fanny to her meeting with Louis.
—Phyllis Rose, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024
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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
Camille Peri’s engrossing A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson recounts in some detail the very unromantic odyssey that led Fanny to her meeting with Louis.
—Phyllis Rose, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unromantic
Adjective
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Matchmaking has granted Lucy a coolly pragmatic, unsentimental view of love.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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This is graceful, quietly intelligent filmmaking—including a touch of unsentimental magic realism involving a wise and beautiful Norwegian Forest Cat.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Goldman: The Winnipeg Jets and Wild are logical picks here, although neither team really improved this summer.—
The Athletic NHL Staff,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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As a member of the Don Callis Family, winning the TNT Title is a logical next step.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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Created by cartoonist Jim Davis, the Garfield comic strip debuted in June 1978 and follows the cynical and lazy orange cat and his interactions with his owner, Jon Arbuckle, and fellow pet Odie, the lovable dog.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 July 2025
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The cynical view would be that Trump is looking for a reason to have federal troops join ICE in rounding up undocumented immigrants that Mamdani tries to protect, and to arrest local officials who get in their way.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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The regime’s more rational elements may eventually prevail and reduce tensions.—
Roya Hakakian,
The Atlantic,
10 July 2025
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Collins’ no vote, in a rational world, made sense for her constituents.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
9 July 2025
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But thanks to sensible regulations and a strong potential upside, its industry is starting to light up, and Forbes has created a guide to navigating the cannabis laws across the EU and the United Kingdom.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Taking Shoaib Bashir out of the firing line seems sensible, too.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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This projection appears reasonable considering that the current effective tariff rate of the U.S. has increased five-fold this year to roughly 16% according to the Yale Budget Lab.—
Nick Sargen,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Isolated locations could face a reasonable worst-case scenario of five to seven inches or more, according to the weather service.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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At times, the Administration seemed to be testing how much destruction Americans would tolerate, if it was packaged as tough-minded business wisdom.—
Evan Osnos,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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Everyone in the studio nods along to Paco’s tough-minded flexes and mafioso folktales.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
11 Apr. 2025
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Superman’s an immigrant and of course Superman wants to help and save everyone, and why would any normal sane decent person oppose that?—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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How to keep it safe and sane Everything — especially baby raves — should be enjoyed in moderation.—
Lynda Lin Grigsby,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
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“Unromantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unromantic. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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