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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obtund
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These products can also cause buildup and dull your hair.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
26 May 2025 -
The edge gap is the widening space between marketing strategies that sharpen a brand’s competitive edge and those dulled by algorithmic automation, uniform targeting and the rinse-and-repeat logic of platform and industry best practice.—
Liam Wade,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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But add transit times to and from airports, buffer minutes for getting through security, and downtime waiting at gates, and the actual journey time would have been nearer ten hours.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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This is part of a larger effort to revitalize the lagoon to buffer against sea level rise and increase habitat for endangered wildlife such as California least terns and a more recent visitor, Eastern Pacific green sea turtles that feed on the lagoon’s eelgrass.—
Jeff Regan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2025
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Freshman Matthew Smith, who joined the club last fall, did not let being in the water dampen his enthusiasm for sailing.—
Susan DeGrane,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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If the courts are permanently enacted, staff will look into adding additional measures including sound dampening panels, painting new parking stalls away from the neighborhood and painting a red curb for emergency vehicle parking.—
Stephanie Lam,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
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All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff.—
The Learning Network,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Upbeat quarterly earnings results from tech giants such Meta Platforms and Microsoft in late April further reignited optimism in the AI trade because the companies showed no signs of moderating their capital expenditure plans.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
28 May 2025
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Its rich, tinted formula softens without compromising pigment making Eadem’s Lip Softening Balm a no-fuss makeup staple that will leave you looking primped on the go and after a long day.—
Valerie Butler,
Essence,
28 May 2025
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Within days, Wall Street firms softened their forecasts of a recession.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
27 May 2025
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“Obtund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obtund. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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