unheralded

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Recent Examples of unheralded Clarke had been playing regularly with Joel Edmundson, but lately the unheralded Spence has leaped Clarke in the pecking order. Eric Stephens, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025 Early categories like Supporting Actor and Adapted Screenplay mostly went chalk, but elsewhere, the Academy put its stamp on the race, promoting otherwise unheralded contenders to the front of the line and leaving out a few hopefuls who’d looked secure since September. Nate Jones, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025 Ebo Taylor has been a force in West African music since the 1960s as a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer, though often an unheralded one. David Peisner, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025 The compelling account is both a suspenseful story of survival and a recognition of the women’s unheralded contributions to modern physics. Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unheralded
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unheralded
Adjective
  • When David Jefferson's wife, Jill Wolfe, was diagnosed with cancer, her friend and Jefferson's unsung hero Nichole Kyle was persistent in helping her.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Sofia Jeans Wide Collar Zip Cardigan Cardigans are the unsung hero of spring.
    Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Eight different players found the back of the net for the Americans in the matchup, with Chase Adams leading the way by scoring an unheard-of 10 goals in the outing.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Not to mention, the stock is currently on an almost unheard-of 15-day winning streak.
    Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But Chinese health authorities didn’t alert the WHO — which the country was required to do under a legal framework called the International Health Regulations — to a spate of patients with an unknown pneumonia-like disease until December 31.
    Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Don't click on links in texts from unknown senders to try to access a website through the text.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Even inconspicuous and uncelebrated birds are capable of learning, and of sharing their learning with others.
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Women have been the backbone of America's economic progress in ways that often go unseen and uncelebrated.
    John Hope Bryant, TIME, 29 July 2024

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“Unheralded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unheralded. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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