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Recent Examples of unromantic
Using these unromantic, 50,000-ton auxiliaries to test the new battleship hull-form, mechanical systems or electrical innovations makes sense.
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Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 13 Jan. 2026
The most unromantic, perfect proposal.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
Over time, the unromantic Valentín relishes the chance to hear Molina recap a silly, big-hearted romantic plot of a musical his idol Ingrid Luna (Lopez) starred in.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2025
Where is the pub where Jess and Felix meet?
Jess and Felix’s first encounter is in the authentically unromantic toilets of a pub where Felix is playing at an open-mic night.
—James Medd, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 July 2025
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Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 13 Jan. 2026
The most unromantic, perfect proposal.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
Over time, the unromantic Valentín relishes the chance to hear Molina recap a silly, big-hearted romantic plot of a musical his idol Ingrid Luna (Lopez) starred in.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2025
Where is the pub where Jess and Felix meet?
Jess and Felix’s first encounter is in the authentically unromantic toilets of a pub where Felix is playing at an open-mic night.
—James Medd, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unromantic
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The Nobel-prize-winning novelist Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) go on an unsentimental journey in 1949 through West and East Germany in Pawel Pawlikowski’s damn-near perfect period piece Fatherland.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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The film’s empathetic interest in individual, often eccentric human lives gives it a warmth that overrides the underlying melancholy of the material, making for a pleasingly unsentimental crowdpleaser.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Top- and bottom-line results in the third quarter also beat the Street.—
Davis Giangiulio,Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
1 May 2026
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Both top- and bottom-line metrics beat Wall Street analysts’ consensus expectation.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
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Work with that element of chance because learning to enjoy embracing—working with it—is fun and fun isn’t logical, and logic isn’t always your ally in that initial stage of creation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Claiming early—at 62—to generate income to service debt might seem logical but typically costs significantly more over the long run than delaying to 70 and paying down debt from other sources in the interim.—
Jason Kirsch,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Governor Gavin Newsom's office defended the framework, calling protests against Hernandez a cynical attempt to weaponize the debate.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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In season three, this argument has largely taken a cynical, nihilistic turn.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
18 May 2026
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The first revolution demolished the neoliberal picture of human nature, in which people are the rational, self-interested maximizers of economic textbooks.—
Nick Hanauer,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2026
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Wollstonecraft believed that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagined a social order founded on reason.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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Some ideas are so commonsensical that government is the last to adopt them.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
9 Mar. 2026
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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
Adjective
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The most sensible near-term opportunities are therefore not necessarily giant greenfield projects.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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This sounds like Secretary Mullin has been reevaluating what his predecessor had gone into to more of a stable, sensible approach.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
20 May 2026
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Allow reasonable discipline in school.—
Matthew Stolle,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2026
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If reasonable, open windows and turn off air conditioning at night to let cooler air in, then shut the windows and shades in the morning to trap the cool air inside, Trane recommends.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
23 May 2026
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“Unromantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unromantic. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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