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Recent Examples of twice-told
Such a story told, even twice-told, is always lacking, never filling the whole picture because it is set apart.
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Jonathon Sturgeon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Jonathon Sturgeon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twice-told
Adjective
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The main reason Jacksonville is so boring, FinanceBuzz found, is that much of its population is thinly scattered across the city.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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GoPro has also dropped a white version and a forest green version if black is too boring for you.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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Though many see data entry and painstakingly cleaning up mistakes that come through in digitization as a tedious slog, Aitkens is built differently.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
14 July 2025
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As seen only in the episodes, the major arcs of this season of Love Island have been tedious to the point of boredom.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Sami Zayn Street Fight: Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Rodriguez Rhea Ripley remains one of WWE’s most beloved stars, but her never-ending feud with members of The Judgment Day is beyond tiresome.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Being different or unique for the sake of attention getting is tiresome when an agent is reading dozens of queries at a time.—
Kate McKean
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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Patrick O’Connor, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, told AP this may be Denver’s deepest and oldest find yet.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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The style of the ceramic vessels in the room suggested the tomb was very old.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Then plant ones that prefer dry soil, such as junipers, sedums, and yuccas elsewhere.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
5 July 2025
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His voice guided viewers through the storylines with dry humor and Southern charm.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
5 July 2025
Adjective
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The unusual start time—one that was especially onerous to viewers on the West Coast—limited Woods’ live deliveries to a rather pedestrian 10.8 million viewers.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Hurts and the Eagles passing attack has been pedestrian since his return from a concussion.—
Jeff Howe,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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And the movie has a real sweetness and sincerity to it, determined to give family audiences a superhero flick that’s not all ponderous brooding and dark origin stories.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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But despite those skillful trappings, the story soon feels ponderous.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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There are hundreds of such passages throughout this 400-page book, which elevates the most prosaic of details, into hymn.—
Leigh Haber,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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His campaign poetry now faces the prosaic work of policy prioritization.—
Alexander C. Kaufman,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2025
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“Twice-told.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twice-told. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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