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No untutored voice, nor even sound of rushing car disturbed the seemingly sacred stillness of the hour.—
Erin Alberty,
Axios,
14 Apr. 2025 -
His savage, untutored mind suggested no better way than that of wreaking vengeance upon those who had wronged him.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
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Still, with this inspirational true story, the streamer stands to reach a much wider public than Perry’s typical audience, reminding how much of American history remains untaught and largely untold.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Dec. 2024
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Until recent years, the story of how this period affected California’s Indigenous peoples had largely gone untaught or underrecognized.—
Anne Wallentine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2024
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Game players knew this was coming and fidgeted in their seats to see what their uninitiated friends and family would make of last night’s big The Last of Us episode.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The script apparently also features period-accurate dialogue with translations and annotations for those uninitiated to Old English.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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The assumption that empathy is an unqualified good has led to a dangerous oversimplification of multifaceted sociopolitical issues.—
Kevin Waldman,
Twin Cities,
10 Apr. 2025
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Her young daughter is being raised by her late partner’s mother, who never lets Frankie visit after the state deemed her an unqualified parent due to her inability to complete daily tasks.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
4 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, in Valladolid, few new players were added last summer, leaving the team unprepared for this season in La Liga.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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On paper, the system seems like a wonderful way to exchange cultures and give young people an opportunity to see the world, but in reality, the process often gives unprepared, barely adults high-stakes responsibilities in foreign contexts.—
Madeleine Janz,
People.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Whether these findings map onto kids who are unschooled in the context of worldschooling remains to be seen without systematic longitudinal studies; anecdotal evidence from the parents in my research suggests mixed results.—
Jennie Germann Molz,
Scientific American,
21 Oct. 2024
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Some research also suggests that children who are unschooled underperform on academic assessments, particularly regarding reading.—
Ej Dickson,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2024
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It was intended to be a mockery of the way White people danced, though plantation owners often interpreted slaves' movements as unskillful attempts to be like them.—
Scottie Andrew and Harmeet Kaur,
CNN,
6 July 2020
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As is often the case, Louie was unlucky — and also unskillful.—
Frank Stewart,
The Mercury News,
12 Mar. 2017
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There were concerns about its gastrointestinal effects (much as there were with baking soda, another popular endurance-booster), questions about the appropriate dosage, and rising suspicion that beet juice only worked in untrained or recreational athletes but not in serious competitors.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
19 Apr. 2025
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The family is still pursuing a lawsuit against FedEx for allegedly allowing an untrained driver to operate a tractor-trailer on the morning of the Interstate 35W crash.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Curbstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curbstone. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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