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Recent Examples of unromantic
The system is simple, if unromantic: One partner proposes through the app, and the other is sent a notification.
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Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
But engagement is often seen as a highly emotional and symbolic act and asking the recipient to sign a legal document in connection with receiving the ring may feel transactional or unromantic.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
There are some unromantic reasons why fall can smell so intoxicating.
—Lauren Mazzo, SELF, 8 Oct. 2024
Camille Peri’s engrossing A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson recounts in some detail the very unromantic odyssey that led Fanny to her meeting with Louis.
—Phyllis Rose, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024
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Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
But engagement is often seen as a highly emotional and symbolic act and asking the recipient to sign a legal document in connection with receiving the ring may feel transactional or unromantic.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
There are some unromantic reasons why fall can smell so intoxicating.
—Lauren Mazzo, SELF, 8 Oct. 2024
Camille Peri’s engrossing A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson recounts in some detail the very unromantic odyssey that led Fanny to her meeting with Louis.
—Phyllis Rose, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unromantic
Adjective
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There’s a gentle, unsentimental warmth to this novel that feels like a balm in times like these.—
Constance Grady,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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But an unsentimental assessment of the regional landscape offers some sense of how Trump could proceed.—
Suzanne Maloney,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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There are logical, though debatable, arguments that the settlement paying male athletes more in damages and permitting colleges to pay male athletes more going forward is problematic under Title IX.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Repeatedly, the market tried to make something of several logical, if a bit neat-and-tidy, inflection points.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
5 Apr. 2025
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Val did something special with a typical 1980s cynical rebel/wisecracker role, giving his character a layer of big brother warmth.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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On the movie front, Viola Davis is an endangered POTUS in G20, Tom Hardy plays a cynical detective in Havoc, and documentary subjects include the Stranger Things stage production, the Milwaukee Brewers’ 1982 season and the Disney cult classic A Goofy Movie.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Rajula Srivastava, for contributions in harmonic analysis and analytic number theory, including contributions to the problem of counting rational points near smooth manifolds.—
Alex Cramer,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Apr. 2025
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The individual leader faces a prisoner's dilemma where the rational choice for personal advancement conflicts with the collective interest.—
Nate Bennett,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Wear sensible shoes to explore Kathleen Ferguson’s urban flower farm built on a slope.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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Charles Brooks Charles Brooks is the sensible boss at Empirical Press who lets his softer side get the better of him.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Ars wrote more about why this is a reasonable path forward last September.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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Ovechkin’s 52 in a high-scoring 2005-06 season feels like a reasonable benchmark for modern snipers, and even that’s tough.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There are no Cooper Flagg’s on St. John’s, but there are all these tough-minded and talented players so much fun to watch, RJ Luis Jr. and Zuby Ejiofor and Kadary Richmond and Deivon Smith, who powered through the Big East Tournament with a shoulder injury.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2025
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Incoming players must fit his culture, be tough-minded and play with maximum effort and a fierce play demeanor.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
11 Mar. 2025
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Intercultural triangulation—balancing and managing the cultural forces one has been exposed to—helps leaders stay credible and sane.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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But Congress should also be thinking about how to build a saner and more productive system of higher education for the future — one that could provide benefits for generations to come.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Unromantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unromantic. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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