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Recent Examples of unmentionable
But the sound advice offered by Karlin and Wittes—to end extravagant and open-ended commitments to allies in the Middle East in order to reduce reckless behavior and U.S. exposure to its consequences—will never be followed if U.S. profligacy toward Israel is treated as unmentionable.
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Robert Satloff, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
There exists a dangerous chilling trend in education whereby many subjects have become effectively unmentionable.
—Chris Doyle, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
With minimal means, Jacquot evokes a society of narrow norms, in which privilege (as of rank, wealth, and gender) left vast margins for their violation, and in which depredations are rendered unmentionable and therefore unacknowledged and unredressed.
—Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 14 July 2021
Mental illness was simply unmentionable.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Oct. 2021
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Robert Satloff, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
There exists a dangerous chilling trend in education whereby many subjects have become effectively unmentionable.
—Chris Doyle, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
With minimal means, Jacquot evokes a society of narrow norms, in which privilege (as of rank, wealth, and gender) left vast margins for their violation, and in which depredations are rendered unmentionable and therefore unacknowledged and unredressed.
—Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 14 July 2021
Mental illness was simply unmentionable.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Oct. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmentionable
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The film’s energetic abstraction—accelerating into the deepest, ineffable parts of our souls—is one way art can respond to the challenge of technology.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2025
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There are also plenty of new songs (even the trio of musical numbers carried over from the original have extensive new lyrics from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul), though none of them have the same special, ineffable quality of the originals.—
Josh Spiegel,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Mar. 2025
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The league’s reason for not punishing Morant was understanding his intent behind the gesture wasn’t violent, but Morant was advised to refrain from using the inappropriate celebration.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Is the ‘Minecraft’ movie inappropriate? Not particularly.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Tony Bennett's daughters filed a new lawsuit in New York, claiming their brother abused his power of fiduciary duty and other improper and unlawful conduct, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The move backfired: the bank’s board of governors, on which China remains an observer, removed Claver-Carone after allegations of improper behavior involving a subordinate.—
MATIAS SPEKTOR,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Apr. 2025
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Now, the mayor and aldermen face unseemly optics: privately agreeing to pressure vendors — many of whom already operate on slim profit margins — while failing to disclose that this was a key budget-balancing strategy to avoid raising property taxes.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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An unseemly blackmail incident and a pressing need for cash mean, however, the siblings get entangled in the city’s murky underworld, setting up a series that is equal parts drama and comedy.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2025
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For various examples and further detailed indications about the nature of what is considered illicit prompts (i.e., that you aren’t supposed to use), see my coverage at the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, smugglers and bad actors are perpetually advancing their methods for disguising illicit goods, unsafe products and narcotics.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Apr. 2025
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Official fireworks shows took place over the city, and illegal pyrotechnics lit up the sky everywhere in between.—
Lisa Beebe,
Los Angeles Magazine,
5 July 2017
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Louisville police say anything that goes into the air or explodes is illegal for average citizens.—
James Bruggers,
The Courier-Journal,
5 July 2017
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Defense stocks were once considered socially unacceptable investments, but fund managers are slowly changing tack as the sector has rallied in recent years.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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Forcing Americans and small independent American companies to rely on those same tools is an unacceptable outcome of domestic legislation.—
Emma Woollacott,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Those unauthorized enrollments or changes took off in late 2023 and continued through last year, drawing more than 274,000 complaints in the first eight months of 2024 to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, mostly about rogue agents or call centers.—
Julie Appleby,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2025
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Guards are to do room checks for unauthorized guests and to handle any issues, like trespassing complaints.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Unmentionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmentionable. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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