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free from all additions or embellishment
I'm telling the unvarnished truth
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Recent Examples of unvarnished
Inside Hollywood’s Thirty-Mile Zone, however, the reaction was more like unvarnished dismay.
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 5 May 2025
Here's the unvarnished truth: Medicaid's miserly reimbursement rates have driven countless doctors to stop accepting patients in the program.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
This form of unvarnished honesty can be incredibly refreshing in an environment where jargon and double-speak run rampant.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Though Jobs shut down the idea of an America iPhone flat out with Obama, Cook hasn’t taken the same unvarnished approach.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 5 May 2025
Here's the unvarnished truth: Medicaid's miserly reimbursement rates have driven countless doctors to stop accepting patients in the program.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
This form of unvarnished honesty can be incredibly refreshing in an environment where jargon and double-speak run rampant.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Though Jobs shut down the idea of an America iPhone flat out with Obama, Cook hasn’t taken the same unvarnished approach.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unvarnished
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unvarnished
Adjective
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Trevon Williams, who did not escape from the New Orleans jail, was charged with 10 counts of being a principal to simple escape, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced on May 23.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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As artificial intelligence models grow increasingly sophisticated, their capabilities extend far beyond simple task execution.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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To critics, the obvious answer would be ego, stubbornness or just plain stupidity.—
Robert Pearl,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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The plain version of the chips got a high score, while the other, with a tequila lime flavoring, scored poorly.—
Maria Godoy,
NPR,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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Pope Francis requested his tomb be modest and unadorned.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Some birds use mud to either build or shore up their nests, so leaving a muddy patch of ground unadorned would be appreciated by them.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The combo of the two can be difficult to take in with the naked eye.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
17 May 2025
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The coloration of light in this image does not depict a true optical rainbow as would be seen by the naked eye, but rather a colored representation of different wavelengths of light that highlight the instrument's capability to analyze various components of the solar atmosphere.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
15 May 2025
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“Unvarnished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unvarnished. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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