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Adjective
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Coming-of-age teen comedies were never quite as wonderfully cynical before this movie about four teenage girls whose lives are upended by the arrival of a new kid, played by Christian Slater.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025 -
Without any real prospect of serious concessions from Western states, the Taliban became cynical about ever gaining legitimacy on the world stage.—
Delaney Simon,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In the verses, Bradley Cooper and Gaga’s lyrics and vocal lines are mirrored — two world-weary cynics serenading each other.—
Kristen S. Hé,
Vulture,
25 Oct. 2024
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Into this void emerge the cynics and the snake-oil merchants, the dreamers, the circumventers, the guileful peddlers of One Weird Tricks.—
Charles C. W. Cooke,
National Review,
16 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Elsewhere, players might enjoy body-replicating madness, brutal climbing simulators, and freewheeling adventure through a magical realist take on the Deep South.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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Her films disrupt conventional storytelling methods by employing magical realist explorations of spirituality, labor, and the environment to critique both social and ecological imbalances.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Nihilist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nihilist. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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