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free from all additions or embellishment
I'm telling the unvarnished truth
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Recent Examples of unvarnished
This realization reframes one of the central challenges of organizational leadership — not just making decisions but ensuring that the inputs to those decisions are as unvarnished as possible.
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Ascend Agency,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
Seahouses has an unvarnished appeal that feels increasingly rare.
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Rob Crossan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
13 May 2026
Through unvarnished and deeply human storytelling, Jafar reminds us that art, at its most powerful, is an act of freedom.
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Nazanin Boniadi,
Time,
15 Apr. 2026
Following a car crash in Florida last month, and the subsequent release of numerous police videos showing the aftermath, the world was presented with an unvarnished view of a broken hero.
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Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unvarnished
Ascend Agency,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
Seahouses has an unvarnished appeal that feels increasingly rare.
—
Rob Crossan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
13 May 2026
Through unvarnished and deeply human storytelling, Jafar reminds us that art, at its most powerful, is an act of freedom.
—
Nazanin Boniadi,
Time,
15 Apr. 2026
Following a car crash in Florida last month, and the subsequent release of numerous police videos showing the aftermath, the world was presented with an unvarnished view of a broken hero.
—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unvarnished
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unvarnished
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The questions Campbell needs to answer are simple.
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Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple.
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As one of Quince’s best-sellers, this soft T-shirt is a luxe swap for a plain cotton tee.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency develops and updates maps that determine who’s in a flood plain and must buy insurance, and to help communities plan.
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Those first Area jeans featured strategic studs framing her thigh vents, while Wednesday’s were unadorned, but real ones know.
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Museum Rietberg’s own collection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century photographs taken in Asia and Africa are also interwoven throughout the exhibition — unadorned reference points that serve as nodes between which the artists’ refractory works resonate.
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Cisgender Canadian gynephilic men were found to prefer naked pictures of cisgender women to those of cisgender men and of transgender women.
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Rather than maximalist manicures, naked nail trends are dominating the discover feed.
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“Unvarnished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unvarnished. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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