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Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
In reality, said Davies, the law is pretty clear, well-established and possibly even boring.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
The tales are often boring, marked by a well-meaning blandness — by an avoidance of uncomfortable truths.
—Kabir Chibber, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
Too much public reporting of vulnerabilities is spent panicking about theoretical risks, distracting us from the often more boring but important work of fixing real problems.
—Justin Warren, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
After so many boring years of Reds baseball, last year had some really fun moments.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
Accompanying the cover is a music video that starts with a young girl enduring the most boring birthday ever.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2024
Briefcases and messenger bags are notoriously boring — that’s why our knowledgeable commerce testing editor, Jackie Cucco, is a big fan of the refreshingly stylish design of the Oslo Slim Laptop Bag.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2024
These make an excellent on-the-go bite, are more dynamic-tasting than crackers or chips (umami, please), and do, truly, bring a bit of brightness to an otherwise boring afternoon.
—Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 13 Mar. 2024
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Word History
from present participle of bore entry 6
1785, in the meaning defined above
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“Boring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boring. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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