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Recent Examples of unvarnished Providing unvarnished truthful assessments is the job of the intelligence community. Mark S. Chandler, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2025 The dictations began to coalesce into essays that combined tales of his former, able-bodied life with unvarnished assessments of his medical and mental conditions. Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025 The unvarnished quality of the video footage, specifically its tracking lines, informs the entire film’s retro aesthetic. Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025 In a genre often criticized for its performative drama, Quad strikes the perfect balance between delivering just enough theatrics to keep viewers hooked and grounding it all with a dose of unvarnished reality. Shelby Stewart, Essence, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unvarnished
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unvarnished
Adjective
  • All of this is a vaguely long-winded way of making a simple point — the outlook for Wolves’ defence has changed dramatically over the course of this season.
    Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • No code is needed to get started, as a simple click below will activate this offer.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • My son didn’t want the standard plain vanilla suspended ceiling.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
  • With modest effort and our standard test parts, our system looks great all lit up (even with the plain, unlit fans on our 240mm CPU cooler).
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • His portfolio of work leans towards clean, unadorned lines peppered with Brutalist inspiration.
    Kissa Castaneda, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • At its core, the piece is rather simple: an unadorned gallery is left in darkness, and visitors are given small blue flashlights to navigate the space.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Unlike with a solar eclipse, all phases of a total lunar eclipse are safe to look at with the naked eye.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2025
  • While viewers need special glasses to observe solar eclipses, lunar eclipses are safe to view with the naked eye.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025

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“Unvarnished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unvarnished. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

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