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Recent Examples of unarticulated
Lately, pop music has become even more reliant on visual shorthand, a series of unarticulated but essential codes, an unspoken, IYKYK insularity.
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Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
What will customers want from us that today remain unarticulated?
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
And so his unarticulated loneliness becomes the problem of everybody around him: loyal Jeff, capable Darla, ambitious Louie.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 3 June 2024
Some of them promise to provide what contemporary fiction can do so well: bracing, arresting stories that distill something previously unseen or unarticulated about modern culture.
—Vulture, 28 Aug. 2023
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Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
What will customers want from us that today remain unarticulated?
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
And so his unarticulated loneliness becomes the problem of everybody around him: loyal Jeff, capable Darla, ambitious Louie.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 3 June 2024
Some of them promise to provide what contemporary fiction can do so well: bracing, arresting stories that distill something previously unseen or unarticulated about modern culture.
—Vulture, 28 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unarticulated
Adjective
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Institutional trading desks spend enormous amounts of time studying behavior, emotional responses and risk tolerance because markets constantly pressure people into making irrational decisions.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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The bullish argument goes that earnings season went better than expected, so the rally isn’t irrational.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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Sterling failed to live up to unreasonable expectations created by his huge contract, which quickly became a millstone.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The construction strikes many locals as both unreasonable and unstoppable.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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If that sounds illogical, trainer Chad Brown, who will start Emerging Market in a bid to win his first Derby, can explain.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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That statement was completely illogical yet also made perfect sense, and therefore proved a fitting appraisal of a truly logic-defying game in Paris on Tuesday.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Most absurd of all is the notion that Trump specifically worries about being seen as indulging in frivolity during wartime.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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Cue a mordantly absurd scene where his chance to land a position in the administration hinges on him successfully retrieving a precious package from a muddy field behind enemy lines, which turns out to be a damp and recalcitrant cat.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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The Academy knew retroactively grading the crew of a 90-year-old movie would be incoherent.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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In 12 pages of meandering, often incoherent letters addressed to a judge, Cindy Rodriguez-Singh broods over her life in jail and describes desperation.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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That Directors’ Fortnight entry slightly overloaded on farcical complications but breezed along on the script’s daffy humor, its underlying sweetness and the director’s pleasingly light touch.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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And then there’s the daffy spectacle of the films themselves, with plots beholden to almost avant-garde manipulations of time, space, and reality.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Given some of Trump’s most problematic remarks about Ukraine, this hope may not have been completely fatuous.—
Daniel Fried,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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The fatuous Fed/1930s narrative raises a basic question: why are successful investors paid so well?—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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To celebrate his 40th birthday on May 13, 2026, read on to hear some of Pattinson's most nonsensical musings, from his hair-washing frequency to childhood hand modeling.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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Over sunny instrumentation, Rhys flits back and forth between English and Welsh in what feels like a nonsensical miasma of free association.—
David Harris,
SPIN,
4 May 2026
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“Unarticulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unarticulated. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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