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Recent Examples of unrushed
Under Sarah Hughes’s unrushed direction, Daphne is a tiptoeing, dreamlike affair, too committed to being disquieting to be described as gentle but consistently soft.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2023
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s six-concert winter festival, the Magic of Schubert, considers the legacy of a melodist both gracious and sublime, all culminating in the unrushed pleasures of Schubert’s hour-long Octet in F Major (Jan. 22-Feb. 10).
—Oussama Zahr, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2022
Life feels so unrushed and in its natural state.
—Jacqueline Delgadillo, refinery29.com, 15 Sep. 2022
In Germany, the United Kingdom’s third-biggest export market, Chancellor Angela Merkel has, unsurprisingly, called for an unrushed, reasoned approach.
—Lukas Kaelin, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2016
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2023
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s six-concert winter festival, the Magic of Schubert, considers the legacy of a melodist both gracious and sublime, all culminating in the unrushed pleasures of Schubert’s hour-long Octet in F Major (Jan. 22-Feb. 10).
—Oussama Zahr, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2022
Life feels so unrushed and in its natural state.
—Jacqueline Delgadillo, refinery29.com, 15 Sep. 2022
In Germany, the United Kingdom’s third-biggest export market, Chancellor Angela Merkel has, unsurprisingly, called for an unrushed, reasoned approach.
—Lukas Kaelin, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrushed
Adjective
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Slow parenting prioritizes the joyful, unhurried moments that allow children to thrive.—
Alex Vance,
Parents,
25 Feb. 2026
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But Hopland’s pull is year-round, with an unhurried pace, a deep agricultural backbone and affordable tasting fees that feel like a time capsule from an earlier era of California.—
Audrey T. Williams,
Mercury News,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The turning off of all communications is more likely to have been a deliberate act than a total system failure.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
22 Feb. 2026
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To this end, the event was likely either a misunderstanding or a deliberate probing of China’s aerial defense response.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Unrushed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrushed. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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