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as in unimportant
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Recent Examples of anticlimactic
Sure, there will always be a division race that goes to the wire no matter how many weeks are played but Week 18 was anticlimactic.
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Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
The outcome was disappointing and anticlimactic for a first-of-its-kind legislative attempt at navigating a climate that, especially among certain minority religious communities, seems a full reversal of historic interfaith progress.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 15 July 2024
Humans may not be heading back to the moon as soon as NASA had hoped, but that hardly means the year ahead will be anticlimactic.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024
The scene was anticlimactic: After all that, the troupe simply walked up the gangplank, swiped their cards, and came aboard.
—Bridget Read, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024
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Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
The outcome was disappointing and anticlimactic for a first-of-its-kind legislative attempt at navigating a climate that, especially among certain minority religious communities, seems a full reversal of historic interfaith progress.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 15 July 2024
Humans may not be heading back to the moon as soon as NASA had hoped, but that hardly means the year ahead will be anticlimactic.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024
The scene was anticlimactic: After all that, the troupe simply walked up the gangplank, swiped their cards, and came aboard.
—Bridget Read, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for anticlimactic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimactic
Adjective
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Starting on this note reduces the chances that your soon-to-be ex will feel dismissed or unimportant.—
Julia Ries,
SELF,
7 Feb. 2025
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In the latter, an anthropology student is consumed by her research on a rare female pharaoh that her colleagues dismiss as unimportant.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In a few segments, like one in which toddlers enact a hardboiled film noir plot, the show’s low-stakes humor blends most successfully with its aspiration to tell some small but not trivial truths around things like being a parent, being a sibling, and growing up.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
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This is where seemingly trivial activities can make a big difference.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The number of Blacks polled is statistically insignificant in comparison with all other races polled.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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The service isn’t a sudden response to recent discourse around healthcare in the music industry, though the timing isn’t insignificant.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Anticlimactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimactic. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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