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Recent Examples of unrushed
Before each interview, Franklin and Jones make their lunch and, over each one, steadily develop a companionship, preparing their spread in a lovely, unrushed, sometimes silent waltz that becomes more adept with time.
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Longreads, 16 May 2024
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.
—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
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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Longreads, 16 May 2024
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.
—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
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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Warm up again at Bean & Berry, where barista craftsmanship pairs with an unhurried atmosphere.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
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Occasionally the focus drops to the fishermen’s crustacean quarry in the deep, also guarded and unhurried but intensely vulnerable; the man-lobster parallel isn’t stretched to the point of contrivance, but the film takes a thoughtfully holistic view of all the region’s living inhabitants.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Even so, the case is moving at a slow, deliberate pace that could stretch for months.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Mar. 2026
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But that’s clearly a deliberate choice, perhaps on the reasonable ground that there has been more than enough tabloidification of these two without a new opera adding grist.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Unrushed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrushed. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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