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displaying or marked by rude boldness
the child proceeded to tell a bold-faced lie despite the evidence right in front of us
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Recent Examples of bold-faced
While the inaugural list had several bold-faced names around the league, this one has tried to highlight those who are up-and-coming.
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Mike Vorkunov, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
Cardi is just the latest bold-faced name that Harris has welcomed in the days leading up to the election.
—Mikelle Street, WWD, 2 Nov. 2024
Rounding out the bold-faced trio of recipients, Oh, Mary! creator Cole Escola was presented with the award for Breakthrough Achievement in the Arts.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2024
Haim has lined up two back to back feature gigs involving some bold-faced names.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
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Mike Vorkunov, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
Cardi is just the latest bold-faced name that Harris has welcomed in the days leading up to the election.
—Mikelle Street, WWD, 2 Nov. 2024
Rounding out the bold-faced trio of recipients, Oh, Mary! creator Cole Escola was presented with the award for Breakthrough Achievement in the Arts.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2024
Haim has lined up two back to back feature gigs involving some bold-faced names.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bold-faced
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Fifty years ago, some Catholic leaders were wiser and bolder.—
Celia Viggo Wexler,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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Not meant to be taken literally, the twist after a shocking act violence reads like the materialization of Ali’s desire to be a bolder, more stereotypically masculine iteration of himself.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
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Fun fact: People born in the Year of the Snake are said to be wise, observant and resourceful, but can also be possessive, cautious and secretive, per the Chinese Language Institute.—
Alissa Widman Neese,
Axios,
29 Jan. 2025
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More importantly, cheaper trims will arrive later in 2025, which is wise, because the Launch Edition's tall ask of $71,995 almost doubles the starting sticker of an Equinox EV, seriously eclipses either a Model Y, EV6, or Ioniq 5, and also somehow costs more than a Polestar 3 or even a Lucid Air.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Ars Technica,
27 Jan. 2025
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The movie may be a bit cavalier in its expert execution and pulpy plot twists, but Unsane’s brazen disreputability ends up being a feature, not a bug.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2025
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But the brazen attack on four people sleeping last Thursday morning unnerved him.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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More specifically, the impudent Skull Kid steals the Ocarina of Time and turns Link into a Deku Scrub, those antagonistic tree cannons first introduced in Ocarina.—
Ashley Bardhan,
Vulture,
27 Sep. 2024
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In short, Moscow sees Montenegro as both strategically valuable and an impudent upstart that has thumbed its nose at the Russian bear while genuflecting before NATO and Washington.—
Edward P. Joseph,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Dec. 2016
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While tariffs offer a quick, broad response to unfair trade practices, they're often criticized as too blunt an instrument.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Officers found Mary Ogle dead inside the house with apparent blunt force trauma, police said.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Llewellyn gave Georgiou a cheeky echo of the Starfleet emblem, angled to the side, as a decal liner as part of her eye makeup.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
31 Jan. 2025
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Joseph includes an unconvincing docudrama that imagines DuBois’ final days, and although the director inserts a cheeky disclaimer that his film is not a documentary, those elements are consistently the strongest.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 2025
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Both allow for plenty of flexibility to customize for personal tastes, what’s in season, and what looks fresh. 6-to-1: To have enough for up to six full meals, shop for six vegetables, five fruits, four proteins, three starches, two sauces or spreads, and one fun item.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Feb. 2025
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The animated pic is 77% fresh with Rotten Tomatoes critics.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
1 Feb. 2025
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The officers weren't rude, angry, or insolent — as required of a battery conviction — and used their training and legal authority to do their jobs.—
Ryan Murphy,
The Indianapolis Star,
2 Dec. 2024
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Her subversive and dominating personality, and sometimes insolent rhetoric in her active X presence set her apart from the likes of other female AI chatbots, such as Siri whose aim is to assist and serve.—
Fatemeh Fannizadeh,
Forbes,
18 Oct. 2024
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“Bold-faced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bold-faced. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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