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Recent Examples of unpublishable
Another invective suggesting an unhealthy and unpublishable appreciation of sheep emerged from the Irish actor's mouth and astounded Devine.
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
The book was probably unpublishable.
—Deborah Cohen, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2022
Turner also said the current academic standard and research grant system is less supportive of the type of time-consuming work, often resulting in unpublishable findings, that will be required to thoroughly understand and investigate the rock record of early animal evolution.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 July 2021
While an official record of that call would be presumptively classified, if the White House press secretary has disclosed the call’s existence and some of its details, the prepublication review standards would not flag a manuscript’s similar discussion of the call as classified and unpublishable.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
The book was probably unpublishable.
—Deborah Cohen, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2022
Turner also said the current academic standard and research grant system is less supportive of the type of time-consuming work, often resulting in unpublishable findings, that will be required to thoroughly understand and investigate the rock record of early animal evolution.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 July 2021
While an official record of that call would be presumptively classified, if the White House press secretary has disclosed the call’s existence and some of its details, the prepublication review standards would not flag a manuscript’s similar discussion of the call as classified and unpublishable.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpublishable
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So Far Layton’s contributions also include a playfully obscene drawing that Cohen faxed to her, the photograph of Ihlen used on the back cover of Cohen’s Songs from a Room, and the key to an entrance of Cohen’s apartment on the Greek island of Hydra.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2025
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Following an extensive investigation, police said detectives obtained an arrest warrant charging 29-year-old Curtis Field of Vernon with disseminating obscene material to a minor.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
29 Jan. 2025
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Roman drivers finally got some relief on Monday when, after 450 days of traffic chaos and unprintable curses, a ribbon-cutting ceremony heralded the opening of an underpass along the Tiber River near the Vatican that immediately cleared traffic from what is now Rome’s largest pedestrian area.—
Elisabetta Povoledo,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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In the seventh inning, the chant toward Fisher became unprintable.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2024
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Orange Beach has a vulgarity ordinance on the books, which was enacted about a decade ago amid concerns about vulgar or indecent T-shirts and other merchandise sold at souvenir stores.—
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20 Jan. 2023
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Because there are more good people than indecent ones.—
Jack Irvin,
Peoplemag,
12 Jan. 2023
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Season one is a smutty yet wonderful crescendo of self-destruction driven by a cast of characters that includes Fleabag’s intensely awkward sister Claire (Sian Clifford), her selfish and pretentious stepmother (Olivia Colman), and her clueless father (Bill Paterson).—
Matt Kamen,
WIRED,
30 Nov. 2024
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Are any of these turns worth sitting through nine hours of smutty true crime recreations?—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
20 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Lamine Yamal’s filthy turn for the second goal (above) let football shine through the politics for a second.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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In the earlier seasons of the show, characters were often filthy, caked with dirt and blood, clothes tattered.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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The song’s current success may be tied to its use in the film Babygirl, where it’s prominently featured during a particularly raunchy scene.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Scarlett Johansson watches in shock as husband Colin Jost makes raunchy jokes about her on SNL: 'Holy s---!' As if to prove his point, Fallon surprised Jost with footage from the episode, which saw a young, Harvard sweatshirt-sporting Jost flub a question about which season August was in.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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During this time, Law was hounded by the press and made into an object of prurient fascination and lust.—
Ramin Setoodeh,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2024
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Apart from prurient interest, why should any of us really care?—
Robin Abcarian,
The Mercury News,
3 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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He was charged with seven counts of lewd and lascivious molestation against a child between 12 and 16 years old, three counts of offenses against students by authority figures, and three counts of lewd and lascivious behavior.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2025
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The goal of Troye and Charli’s austere, loud, lascivious evening is to take the sweet abandon of the club and scale it up to the arena.—
Jeremy D. Larson,
Pitchfork,
24 Sep. 2024
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“Unpublishable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpublishable. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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