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Recent Examples of unpopular
Congestion pricing is unpopular: More than half of New York State voters who responded to a Siena College survey in December opposed it, including 60 percent of downstate suburbanites.
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James Barron, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Those two have struggled most and it must be said that their game time has suffered as a result, but even the decision to bring them on with 30 minutes to go against West Ham, once City had gone 4-0 up, was unpopular with some — and, in fairness, things did go south after that.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
But the threat of the ban comes just as Meta made unpopular policy changes, ditching its fact-checking efforts and relaxing its hate speech policies, which TechCrunch reported caused Google searches for how to delete Facebook and Instagram to spike.
—Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
And, yet, owner John Mara made the unpopular decision to keep both head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
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James Barron, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Those two have struggled most and it must be said that their game time has suffered as a result, but even the decision to bring them on with 30 minutes to go against West Ham, once City had gone 4-0 up, was unpopular with some — and, in fairness, things did go south after that.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
But the threat of the ban comes just as Meta made unpopular policy changes, ditching its fact-checking efforts and relaxing its hate speech policies, which TechCrunch reported caused Google searches for how to delete Facebook and Instagram to spike.
—Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
And, yet, owner John Mara made the unpopular decision to keep both head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpopular
Adjective
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Since the armed conflict in the early 1990s, Russia has maintained a strong military presence in the unrecognized entity, despite calls for reintegration with Moldova, its parent state.—
Andy Biggs,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
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But in 1948, a series of mysterious clues—unrecognized bird calls and unusual footprints—near Lake Te Anau rekindled hope.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But apparently, like Highland when used in reference to the latest Model 3, this isn’t an official Tesla term, and the origin of it is unknown.—
James Morris,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The source of the leak is unknown, the Water and Sewer Operations Department said Thursday.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
arkansasonline.com,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Bouillon Cubes These small but formidable cubes are the unsung heroes of budget-friendly cooking.—
Rai Mincey,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Four cars — four unsung heroes — surrounded her and protected her from traffic.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Other players from that class included no-names like Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr. and Juan Soto, all of whom signed for bonuses that were less expensive combined than Fox’s bonus.—
Grant Brisbee,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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While there are plenty of no-name carbon copy trainers and NPCs scattered throughout Pokémon, the characters that are part of the story tend to be wildly varied, with no two major characters being all that alike.—
Oliver Brandt,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Demonizing the delta smelt was — and is — a way to make facile points to uninformed voters by suggesting that the interests of what appears to be an unimportant fish are somehow elevated above those of human residents.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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Again, there’s a moon get-out clause here; our natural satellite is so bright that the size of the objective lens is less unimportant.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Both parties have spent much of the 21st century using what had been obscure procedural tactics to delay or slowly derail presidential nominees for Cabinet posts, regulatory agency boards and federal judgeships.—
Ed O'Keefe,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2025
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The recent wildfires shine a spotlight on an obscure firefighting charity.—
Hunter Clauss,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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During such visits, Rojas said, his colleagues were unrecognizable in their quietness.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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In some cases, the bodies have been burned or are otherwise unrecognizable, adding another layer of trauma to their already unimaginable pain.—
Sonal Nain,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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To know all the actors, famous to unfamous.—
Daniel Vaillancourt,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2022
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But during this break in the action, a camera scanning courtside spotted Kobe, pleasantly inhabited by an almost unfamous happiness, teaching his daughter about the game.—
Matt Sullivan,
Vulture,
29 June 2021
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“Unpopular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpopular. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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