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Recent Examples of shrug
IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025
Trump’s already set off a wave of actions in January that would ordinarily alarm the party out of power, but most moves have been met with sporadic shrugs.
—Hanna Trudo, The Hill, 29 Jan. 2025
Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2025
Tyler Hilton shrugged it off when his 5-year-old daughter, Winnie, became obsessed with a series introduced by a nanny.
—Leena Tailor, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Many technologies have had phases where customers eagerly embrace every improvement in some parameter—until a saturation point is reached and improvements are ultimately met with a collective shrug.
Consider a very brief history of airspeed in commercial air travel.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025
Trump’s already set off a wave of actions in January that would ordinarily alarm the party out of power, but most moves have been met with sporadic shrugs.
—Hanna Trudo, The Hill, 29 Jan. 2025
Verb
When the interviewer also brought up past accounts of Murray being difficult to work with on set (Lucy Liu recently discussed her experience), Murray also shrugged those off.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2025
Tyler Hilton shrugged it off when his 5-year-old daughter, Winnie, became obsessed with a series introduced by a nanny.
—Leena Tailor, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrug
Noun
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In response, Bukele declared a state of exception, which is still in effect, suspending many of the country’s due process rights and commencing a wave of mass arrests.—
Danielle Mackey,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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What is the difference between mermaid waves and beach waves?—
Catharine Malzahn,
Glamour,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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After the Berlin Wall came down, both notions flourished.—
A. Wess Mitchell,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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McIlroy’s parents, Gerry and Rosie, went to great lengths to ensure that McIlroy could fulfill his full potential as a golfer, as Heaven paid tribute to their dedication for providing him with an opportunity to flourish.—
Ben Morse and Patrick Snell,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Her ability to inform and engage her readers, listeners and viewers is truly inspiring.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2025
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Becky, having seen Darlene and Chad together at the bar, informs Ben about Chad.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In recent years, high level NYPD officials have listened, nodded sympathetically, and then done nothing.—
Joel Mosbacher,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Among the designs in this capsule, the Blazer Low Surf Blue features a color palette nod to Booker’s blue Chevrolet Blazer.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
23 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The percentage tells the public how much of the fire perimeter is believed to not go beyond the control lines.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Trump told the brief story behind the biblical holiday centered on Jesus Christ, who, according to Christian tradition, was crucified on a cross and then rose from the dead.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Tuch is eligible to sign a contract extension on July 1.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Two Florida boards of county commissioners and the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife's Conservation Commission have also signed agreements.—
Julia Ingram,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Engineering strength depends on an interpretive framework that relates forces, the size of an object and their ratio − which represents mechanical stress.—
Zachary del Rosario,
The Conversation,
18 Apr. 2025
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Jennifer is a senior writer at Ars Technica with a particular focus on where science meets culture, covering everything from physics and related interdisciplinary topics to her favorite films and TV series.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Shrug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrug. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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