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Adjective
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To the left is a relaxed deck for post-dip chilling; to the right is the beautifully restrained restaurant, partly enclosed in a glasshouse with an undulating canopy roof.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Apr. 2026 -
Neither restrained nor overpowering.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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School is the crucible where raw vitality encounters the collective will to impose order and control but also to bring cultural richness to lives that might otherwise remain inhibited and crude.—
Tim Parks,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Her last and only boyfriend, Tim, would have been too inhibited.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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And that ambiguous statement raised alarms not just with workers but also with human rights groups such as Amnesty International, which issued a World Cup travel advisory for visitors planning on attending the tournament.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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The official public warnings for the next Soyuz rocket launch from Plesetsk were even more ambiguous, covering various periods between April 1 and 15.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The way the actress moves through space physically gives even the most frenetic sequences an athletic, almost ethereal sense of direction, and Tung’s reserved ferocity doesn’t so much add to the spectacle as justify it.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2026
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Shayla was more reserved, often scrolling quietly on her phone.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Even a lot of contemporary fiction, where the scenario of characters agonizing over whether to have children has become quite common, defaults to a laconic style (very short paragraphs separated by empty space, for example) that channels the familiar wariness about lushness.—
Aaron Matz,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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What’s changed in the 40 years since Predator is that action heroes can’t be mysterious and laconic any more.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Two Southwest Airlines jets recently had to take evasive action at Nashville International Airport after collision alarms sounded in the cockpit.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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Both planes' Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems ordered the pilots to take evasive maneuvers.—
Kris Van Cleave,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Uncandid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncandid. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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