unforthcoming

Definition of unforthcomingnext

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Adjective
  • Since joining the winery, Melton has brought a restrained, classical sensibility to wines known for an ability to age.
    Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The world press was less restrained; the Post, the Daily Mail, the Hindustan Times, and many others ran screaming headlines, accompanied by photographs of the climbers purloined from social media.
    William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Adjective
  • Rubio met with Gulf Arab leaders in Bahrain on Thursday in an effort to assuage their concerns over certain terms of the MOU, including the ambiguous language around the management of the Strait of Hormuz.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 26 June 2026
  • With one, everything the best-performing agent learns is written into a layer for the next—how to handle a difficult customer, which exception patterns resolved cleanly, what an ambiguous edge case meant for the business.
    Sarah Elk, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • Investors hear evasive answers in earnings calls.
    Mohamed AL Hashemi, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Whitehead, who’d praised Jenkins’s adaptation at the podium in Wyoming, was evasive when asked about Ross’s.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • Both players were so inhibited for the final game of the set that the level of play resembled something from a local park.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • This really is a time to be less inhibited about going out.
    Joe Hernandez, NPR, 25 May 2026
Adjective
  • His mother, Marjorie, and his father, Alex, could take a person by surprise with their laconic Oklahoma humor.
    Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Actor Efren Ramírez nailed Pedro's laconic, deadpan style that made his promise a hilarious highlight.
    Danny Horn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
Adjective
  • Serena’s name was on everyone’s lips, with fans chatting about the American’s chances and journalists jostling for position to get their hands on a reserved media seat.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • The canopy area featured reserved seating that was blocked off with more seats for fans to sit and watch the game in the shade.
    Cal Phillips June 30, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026
Adjective
  • Staff being uncommunicative with EMS workers.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 June 2026
  • Just as importantly, His voice was loud and and clear in marshalling a Chelsea back line that has too often appeared quiet and uncommunicative in his absence this season.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Adjective
  • These makers are much more reticent about the risks of blurring the once fine line between browsing sites and asking a large language model a question or instructing it to take potentially sensitive actions.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
  • While Haldane has supported the principle, ex-Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill is more reticent.
    Philip Aldrick, Fortune, 28 June 2026
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“Unforthcoming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unforthcoming. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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