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Recent Examples of unshowy
Men’s fragrance was a relatively unshowy hygienic product until the 1970s, when Paco Rabanne’s Pour Homme helped reframe cologne as a fashion statement, said Paul Austin, the founder of a fragrance and branding agency, Austin Advisory Group.
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Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 19 May 2024
King portrays her with the dignity, grit and passion of a trailblazer who made a difference, though the performance is rigorously unshowy.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024
There is a subdued, unshowy but profound beauty to Hawes’ work.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Blackpink’s Jennie Kim Makes Her Met Gala Debut in Vintage 1990 Chanel
Punctuating the parade of famous famous are unshowy reminders that Avedon pushed the envelope, not only in the medium of photography, but also in the fight for progress.
—Vogue, 23 Jan. 2024
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Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 19 May 2024
King portrays her with the dignity, grit and passion of a trailblazer who made a difference, though the performance is rigorously unshowy.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024
There is a subdued, unshowy but profound beauty to Hawes’ work.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Blackpink’s Jennie Kim Makes Her Met Gala Debut in Vintage 1990 Chanel
Punctuating the parade of famous famous are unshowy reminders that Avedon pushed the envelope, not only in the medium of photography, but also in the fight for progress.
—Vogue, 23 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unshowy
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Underfoot, the flexible sole provides unobtrusive support and a stable, comfortable platform without drawing attention to itself.The Editors, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
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The enclosure is less than half an inch thick, with only an unobtrusive chin below the display housing the iMac's mainboard.Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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For a guy into complicated killing rituals, Art sure does kill himself in an unremarkable fashion by putting the gun in his mouth and pulling the trigger.Barry Levitt, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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Driven by an unrelenting collapse in fertility, family structures and living arrangements heretofore imagined only in science fiction novels will become commonplace, unremarkable features of everyday life.Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
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Note that this may mean threading them through an inconspicuous piece of cushion fabric.Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2024
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Demure and inconspicuous, it’s supposed to blend unobtrusively into the scenery, to serve as a quiet workhorse instead of an ostentatious status symbol.Christopher Null, WIRED, 9 Dec. 2020
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Robustness And Security Testing Another source of distrust in AI is its susceptibility to adversarial attacks, in which minor or unnoticeable modifications to input data might result in incorrect choices.Rohan Pinto, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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For consumers, the effects initially may be relatively minor and even unnoticeable, with products such as European wine and perishables such as bananas costing more, said Jason Miller, a supply chain management expert at Michigan State University.Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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The effect of these systems is subtle, as the driver should feel heroic, not overridden.Dan Carney, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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Google | 🌱💡 The tech company continues to roll out subtle but smart sustainability features across many of its platforms.CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2024
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The former is quietly involving: unhurried, unemphatic, observant.Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021
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The beat is steady and usually unemphatic; the song circles through three chords again and again.Jon Pareles, New York Times, 6 July 2018
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“Unshowy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unshowy. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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