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also anticlimactical
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Recent Examples of anticlimactic
These questions are resolved, more or less, in an anticlimactic wrap-up that yields the relatively meager payoff of Lilian learning to be a better listener and a more accepting mother.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
His final at-bat: An anticlimactic pop up to center field for the third out in the ninth.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
The prom itself in American Pie is fairly anticlimactic as far as the completion of the boys’ mission is concerned, and one of them, Jim (Jason Biggs), delivers an impassioned speech about how meaningless the whole enterprise was to begin with.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 17 May 2025
Despite a $1 billion shortfall that had to be plugged, the $55 billion budget proved to be anticlimactic, largely hewing to the outline Gov. JB Pritzker offered in February.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
His final at-bat: An anticlimactic pop up to center field for the third out in the ninth.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
The prom itself in American Pie is fairly anticlimactic as far as the completion of the boys’ mission is concerned, and one of them, Jim (Jason Biggs), delivers an impassioned speech about how meaningless the whole enterprise was to begin with.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 17 May 2025
Despite a $1 billion shortfall that had to be plugged, the $55 billion budget proved to be anticlimactic, largely hewing to the outline Gov. JB Pritzker offered in February.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
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While the underlying facts may seem unimportant and mundane—a random person watching a video on NBA.com and a cookie transmitting some data for Facebook ads—the NBA urges the Court to play out the Second Circuit’s reasoning.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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This is not to say that the context in which statistics is applied is unimportant.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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But there is no man with a hammer; the happy man lives at his ease, and trivial daily cares faintly agitate him like the wind in the aspen-tree — and all goes well.—
Philip Metres
July 30,
Literary Hub,
30 July 2025
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Compared to these leaps in capability, specs like a cabin atmosphere of 2,900 feet—even while cruising at 41,000 feet—may seem trivial.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
26 July 2025
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Their nervous systems treated it as a neutral, even insignificant event instead of interpreting it as a personal danger.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Not insignificant is the fact that Nike is planning on expanding this highly successful and lucrative line in late summer and fall, with the Vomero Plus and Vomero Premium that will feature unforeseen levels of cushioning sure to please all runners.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
29 July 2025
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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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