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Recent Examples of high-toned
This one is savory and delicate with bright high-toned berry fruit, warm spices and a thread of richer, dark plum notes.
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Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
This version from Pala winery hits the high-toned cherry fruit notes, while wild herbs resonate on the finish.
—Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
Syrah lends depth and body to the region’s signature malbec’s high-toned blueberry fruit and supple tannins.
—Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
The last decade surely produced some of the finest television ever, spanning high-toned dramas and offbeat comedies, several of them masterpieces unlikely to have been made under any other circumstances.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 6 June 2023
Blending syrah into the region’s signature malbec lends depth and body to malbec’s high-toned blueberry fruit and supple tannins.
—Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
Today, the city of two million is an international gateway for travelers headed to famous ski destinations like Niseko, a high-toned village catering mostly to foreigners.
—Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
This version from Pala winery hits the high-toned cherry fruit notes, while wild herbs resonate on the finish.
—Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
Syrah lends depth and body to the region’s signature malbec’s high-toned blueberry fruit and supple tannins.
—Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
The last decade surely produced some of the finest television ever, spanning high-toned dramas and offbeat comedies, several of them masterpieces unlikely to have been made under any other circumstances.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 6 June 2023
Blending syrah into the region’s signature malbec lends depth and body to malbec’s high-toned blueberry fruit and supple tannins.
—Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
Today, the city of two million is an international gateway for travelers headed to famous ski destinations like Niseko, a high-toned village catering mostly to foreigners.
—Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-toned
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This is a bracing, even novel, perspective on a war whose film depictions so often traffic in sententious Greatest Generation platitudes.Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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Only the vivid image of the warped planks keeps this remark from being the type of sententious counsel that Polonius might have given his son.Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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Mercury will form a breezy trine with Jupiter on Oct. 8, bringing a wave of cerebral energy that makes your mind buzz with clarity and inspiration.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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While our understanding of the brain has (thankfully) developed greatly from the days of removing cerebral tissue to see what would happen, a precise understanding of where our memories reside—and how our brain recalls past experience—remains elusive.Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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At Gucci Osteria high-minded fashion and high-minded fare converge at a singular address.Brad Japhe, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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From the start, then, his work was high-minded and cross-disciplinary.Brandon Sanchez, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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Amazonite can also help Sagittarius navigate intellectual debates with balance and grace.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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First introduced in the Harvard Business Review in 1992, the balanced scorecard approach measures the intellectual capital of a company, such as training, skills, knowledge and any other information that lends a competitive edge.Joseph Longo, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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There are plenty of Scots and Irish in Toronto, but the proceedings are somewhat more civilized, if not a bit Hollywood-twee, what with lapdogs decked out as Michael Keaton’s famous character.Guy Martin, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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As America finally melts down under the New Founding Fathers’ murderous regime, our heroes must take refuge by escaping over the border to Mexico — to more civilized lands.Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024
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In the beginning, buttermilk was merely the liquid left behind after churning cultured butter.Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2024
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Imagine what a more cultured football thinker might have created with such resources.Michael Cox, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
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The rich, densely woven texture is complimented by a harmonious structure with polished tannins and elegance at the finish.Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Stander believes the auction car was fitted with a polished Vortech supercharger by the previous owner about eight years ago.Howard Walker, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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Co-founder and master distiller Andy Wahl grew up in wine country, in California’s Sonoma County, and felt that the fine wines harvested in the region were pretentious and inaccessible.John Kell, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Yet Connell of all people, whose pretentious classmates use novels to seem superior, should know that the love of literature is hardly disinterested.Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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“High-toned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-toned. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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