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Recent Examples of unheralded
Connecticut’s judiciary reached an unheralded milestone last spring.
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Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 25 Jan. 2025
Clarke had been playing regularly with Joel Edmundson, but lately the unheralded Spence has leaped Clarke in the pecking order.
—Eric Stephens, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Early categories like Supporting Actor and Adapted Screenplay mostly went chalk, but elsewhere, the Academy put its stamp on the race, promoting otherwise unheralded contenders to the front of the line and leaving out a few hopefuls who’d looked secure since September.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
Ebo Taylor has been a force in West African music since the 1960s as a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer, though often an unheralded one.
—David Peisner, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 25 Jan. 2025
Clarke had been playing regularly with Joel Edmundson, but lately the unheralded Spence has leaped Clarke in the pecking order.
—Eric Stephens, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Early categories like Supporting Actor and Adapted Screenplay mostly went chalk, but elsewhere, the Academy put its stamp on the race, promoting otherwise unheralded contenders to the front of the line and leaving out a few hopefuls who’d looked secure since September.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
Ebo Taylor has been a force in West African music since the 1960s as a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer, though often an unheralded one.
—David Peisner, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unheralded
Adjective
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Callner shifted his focus towards music with names such as Diana Ross, Paul Simon, and Liza Minnelli, before rising to prominence as an unsung hero of the entertainment world through his prolific career directing music videos.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
20 Mar. 2025
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For those in need, Form 4868 is the unsung hero of spring, granting you an automatic six-month extension to file your tax return.—
Ashley Case,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Iñárritu kept the momentum pushing forward with The Revenant and managed the unheard-of feat of winning back-to-back directing Oscars.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2025
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Incarceration is not an unheard-of tactic in Turkey to silence opposition figures.—
Ahmet T. Kuru,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacramento Bee,
23 Mar. 2025
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Although the cause of the fire is still unknown, firefighters had the flame extinguished by 7:20pm, upon which the park resumed business.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Even inconspicuous and uncelebrated birds are capable of learning, and of sharing their learning with others.—
Rivka Galchen,
The New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2024
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Women have been the backbone of America's economic progress in ways that often go unseen and uncelebrated.—
John Hope Bryant,
TIME,
29 July 2024
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“Unheralded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unheralded. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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