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as in uncontrolled
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as in untutored
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Recent Examples of untrained
Together, the films aimed to capture a modern child’s perspective, with untrained leads and fairy-tale logic, but ended up weighted down by liberal worldliness and anxieties: Wild Things ruminated on mental health, Beasts on climate change.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
To the untrained eye, this can resemble the classic image of Bigfoot.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
To the untrained eye, these mounds wouldn't have looked like much.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2024
The difference between traditional livestock fencing and wildlife-friendly fencing might not be immediately obvious to the untrained eye, Blajszczak says.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 10 Oct. 2024
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
To the untrained eye, this can resemble the classic image of Bigfoot.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
To the untrained eye, these mounds wouldn't have looked like much.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2024
The difference between traditional livestock fencing and wildlife-friendly fencing might not be immediately obvious to the untrained eye, Blajszczak says.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 10 Oct. 2024
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Patrollers will trigger slides with explosives, or by slope-cutting—skiing at a 45-degree angle across a hillside—prior to a run opening to reduce the risk of uncontrolled avalanches while the terrain is open.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 6 Dec. 2024
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Those included that Anthony Fauci didn't organize a campaign to suppress theories that COVID originated with a lab leak, and that the Trump administration's pandemic response led to the uncontrolled spread of COVID in nursing homes.Victoria Knight, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
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To an untutored lurker, the whole thing seemed like … a frickin’ ballet, or some less dainty choreography, a headlong dance of astounding precision.Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
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Blessed with a harsh, untutored, yet inimitably soulful voice, MacGowan forged a blend of traditional Irish folk music and punk rock that was later mimicked outright by bands the Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly, and left a clear influence on acts such as Gogol Bordello and Mumford and Sons.Andrew Barker, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
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Many feral cats rely on food scraps, garbage, or deliberate feeding by well-meaning individuals, which buffers them from natural selection pressures like starvation.Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Borisov artfully underplays the progression: He’s taken aback by her feral resistance, amused by her spirit, then really sees her.Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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Whether these findings map onto kids who are unschooled in the context of worldschooling remains to be seen without systematic longitudinal studies; anecdotal evidence from the parents in my research suggests mixed results.Jennie Germann Molz, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024
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Some research also suggests that children who are unschooled underperform on academic assessments, particularly regarding reading.Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2024
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Between the lines: The American miracle rests on untamed democracy, the animal spirits of capitalism, the magic of unrestrained innovation, and the soft power of a vigilant and vibrant free press.Jim VandeHei, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
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But hey, if these untamed experiences are your thing, then at least the Quest 3S will lower the cost of entry.Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2024
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An Unprepared Management Team The primary risk in aggressive growth is an unprepared top management team.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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The thought of appearing unprepared or unknowledgeable can be stressful, especially in a big team meeting or in conversation with more senior colleagues.Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
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With a background in education, Westhoff and Masood came up with the idea of a hybrid, online and offline, academy that would train up unskilled workers - many of them migrants - who might otherwise be working in fast food outlets or for delivery firms.Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Fritz could acquire land near the city, hire both skilled and unskilled labor, and insert his new company in the trade and finance links the city had with the outside world, thanks to the social capital present in the city and his access to it.Peter Vanham, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2024
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Still, with this inspirational true story, the streamer stands to reach a much wider public than Perry’s typical audience, reminding how much of American history remains untaught and largely untold.Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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Until recent years, the story of how this period affected California’s Indigenous peoples had largely gone untaught or underrecognized.Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2024
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“Untrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untrained. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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