Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsell
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Choose one that deters all but the most determined squirrels and place it away from your bulb bed.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
2 Oct. 2025 -
Some countries have and are considering banning children’s content platforms to deter younger audiences.—
Adam Rumanek,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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Researchers have known this for decades, which is also why pregnant people are discouraged from using hot tubs or being outside for prolonged periods on a hot day.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
29 Sep. 2025
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Several reasons explain the supply shortage, including a lag in home building, rising construction costs and high mortgage rates that discourage current homeowners from moving and giving up their lower rate.—
Rhaina Cohen,
NPR,
28 Sep. 2025
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The vast majority — 103 — involved defendants in domestic violence cases trying to dissuade the victim from cooperating with authorities or showing up to court, according to a Journal Sentinel review of court records.—
Ashley Luthern,
jsonline.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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That the artist was in the collections of Jewish-American families, such as that of Gertrude Stein, did not dissuade the Luftwaffe chief from adding a fifth Matisse to his collection, Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace.—
Christopher C. Gorham
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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Europe’s ability to meet its multiyear commitments is far from clear, and Brussels continues to resist revising regulations that inhibit the operation of American high-tech companies on the continent.—
JENNIFER KAVANAGH,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
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But da Costa and his team, as part of the Microns project, a large-scale effort to fully map out a 1-cubic-millimeter portion of a mouse’s visual cortex, discovered that inhibitory neurons are very specific in choosing what cells to inhibit.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Unsell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsell. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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