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causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
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Recent Examples of pedestrian
Regina Clewlow, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The new guidelines, effective Feb. 1, come amid rampant criticism over the last few years that the department routinely engages in unnecessary police pursuits that lead to crashes and injure other motorists and pedestrians.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2022
The eRV2 has a range of just 108 miles, which is even less than the e-RV’s rather pedestrian 125-mile range.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2023
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Noun
For instance, revenue from congestion pricing can be used to subsidize public transit fares, expand service to underserved areas, and invest in pedestrian and cycling infrastructure.
—Regina Clewlow, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The new guidelines, effective Feb. 1, come amid rampant criticism over the last few years that the department routinely engages in unnecessary police pursuits that lead to crashes and injure other motorists and pedestrians.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Almost exactly 24 hours after the 2016 CZ31 event, at 7:37 p.m. ET on Saturday, July 30, the much larger 2013 CU83 asteroid, this one as big as 1,050 feet across, will swing by Earth at a relatively pedestrian 13,100 miles per hour, at over 3 million miles away.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2022
The eRV2 has a range of just 108 miles, which is even less than the e-RV’s rather pedestrian 125-mile range.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedestrian
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If there are times when a dog has to be alone for longer periods, the AKC suggests sending them to a doggy day care, hiring a dog walker or asking a neighbor to drop by.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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At the Plantation Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Northwest Fifth Street, frail men and women with wheelchairs, walkers, and hearing aids live out their last years in an institutional setting.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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The entire family is outraged, but Peter insists that the film is slow, boring and essentially, overrated.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Brittany Mahomes is giving boring game-day outfits the boot!—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The Israel Defense Forces have been slow to withdraw from their position in the southern part of Lebanon despite a Nov. 27 ceasefire deal that gave the Lebanese Army and the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon exclusive jurisdiction over the region.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
18 Jan. 2025
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Randle has often been slow to close out on 3-point shooters and inattentive off the ball.—
Jon Krawczynski,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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There are no more stupid questions and an open, supportive, and curious culture evolves.—
Darpan Munjal,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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So if someone is crazy slash stupid enough to do that.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In addition to her tiring routine of delivering disappointment, Hadoula also has to contend with her own troubles in the form of a vision of her deceased mother (Maria Protoppapa).—
Ryan Swen,
Variety,
18 Jan. 2025
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Image Piloting a firefighting aircraft is sweaty, tiring work, Mr. Mattiacci said.—
Yan Zhuang,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Firefighters are still battling two monstrous wildfires that have burned for over a week as weary residents across Los Angeles County stayed alert for another round of Santa Ana winds on Wednesday.—
Sam Morgen,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Many were weary and broken, defiant and scared, calling relatives, listening for news of when the fires would be contained, trying to decide whether to rebuild or strike out for someplace new, a land not so tormented by overdevelopment and the dangerous designs of nature.—
Jeffrey Fleishman,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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On the thirteenth-century tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine, she is shown wide awake and reading, while her dull and kingly husband sleeps for all eternity.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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If your hair is dull and prone to breakage, this serum is packed with gluco-peptides and wheat protein to help restore elasticity and strengthening the cuticle.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Women and adults younger than 45 are more likely than men and older adults to say that moderate drinking is bad for health, as were Democrats and independents.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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On the day of the shooting, Nixon-Clark was 16 years and 9 months old, just shy of reaching legal status as an adult.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Jan. 2025
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“Pedestrian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedestrian. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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