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Recent Examples of tough-minded
James is quite tough-minded about the limits of radical chic.
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The Friday night announcement was criticized by some journalists as a way to score political points and penalize tough-minded news outlets.
—Brian Stelter, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Johnson is viewed as innovative, creative and somewhat tough-minded in his coaching style.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
The Heat are always a tough-minded unit and it's reflected in their performance.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
This approach is not new; it could also be called tough-minded diplomacy.
—Dan Caldwell, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2024
There’s a radical, tough-minded generosity here that punches right through the wall of our moment’s hypersensitivity around appropriation.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2024
For the British government, that requires tough-minded honesty about the United Kingdom, the balance of power, and the state of the world.
—David Lammy, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024
Under tough-minded presidents, that has occasionally happened.
—Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The Friday night announcement was criticized by some journalists as a way to score political points and penalize tough-minded news outlets.
—Brian Stelter, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Johnson is viewed as innovative, creative and somewhat tough-minded in his coaching style.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
The Heat are always a tough-minded unit and it's reflected in their performance.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
This approach is not new; it could also be called tough-minded diplomacy.
—Dan Caldwell, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2024
There’s a radical, tough-minded generosity here that punches right through the wall of our moment’s hypersensitivity around appropriation.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2024
For the British government, that requires tough-minded honesty about the United Kingdom, the balance of power, and the state of the world.
—David Lammy, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024
Under tough-minded presidents, that has occasionally happened.
—Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tough-minded
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But an unsentimental assessment of the regional landscape offers some sense of how Trump could proceed.—
Suzanne Maloney,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Dec. 2024
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This lyrical but unsentimental book is a eulogy for transhumance—the seasonal movement of livestock and the people who watch over them.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Unforgiven recasts the genre as a pitiless, almost pathologically unromantic realm populated by twits hoping to make their name and aged gunslingers who have to make peace with their bad pasts.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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The imagination can’t be bothered with unromantic minutiae.—
Kevin Chroust,
Outside Online,
5 Feb. 2025
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Oscar Nuñez, who played levelheaded accountant Oscar Martínez on the American version of The Office, will appear in Peacock's follow-up series to the classic workplace comedy, Entertainment Weekly has learned.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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But LaVine attacked this season with vigor, reshaping himself into a levelheaded leader and efficient scorer who earned quiet praise around the league.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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So the rational strategy, in many cases, is to wait.—
Phil De Luna,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Your inability to establish a rational, functional and legal system of immigration is an abject failure on your part.—
Peter Cunningham,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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The microphone jack is located on the rear, just behind the hot shoe, a good move as this is the most sensible place to mount a mic or wireless transceiver.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
12 Mar. 2025
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Multiple sets are repurposed to serve as different locations — again, a financially sensible decision that also carries deep emotional resonance.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
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The problem — and hardly an insignificant one — is that however funny comedian Jillian Bell’s directorial debut can be in the moment, none of it makes the slightest logical sense.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2025
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Such a partnership could be seen as a logical next step to the role Noah Horowitz played during his sojourn at the auction house.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Some who do have a cynical view — asking what good was it for people to risk that bridge crossing for Black freedom when young Black people are killing one another in Selma today?—
Marisa Peñaloza,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2025
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The cynical, trend-chasing marketing executive Maya (Kathryn Hahn, playing refreshingly against type) makes Matt look principled by contrast.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
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Here are six ways to become a smarter, saner news consumer.—
Seth Ashley,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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What ought to be the safest, most sacrosanct place in any sane society has been trashed — and to what end?—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Tough-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tough-minded. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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