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Recent Examples of staleness
Coach Billy Napier’s team blended play-calling staleness, horrendous clock management, defensive containment issues and overall immaturity.
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Noah White, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Noah White, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for staleness
Noun
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Plus, used camping gear or exercise equipment can develop a stench when sitting in a stuffy closet for too long.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Oct. 2025
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There was seemingly a healthy respect between the players, like opposing superstars Virat Kohli and Babar Azam sharing a laugh in an enduring image, in what was a snapshot of the possibilities when the stench of politics is absent.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Earlier this year at Coachella, funk forefather George Clinton gifted Leon Thomas a custom hat, lauding him as one of the contemporary torchbearers of the genre.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
24 Oct. 2025
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The power play, the Wild’s saving grace in their first few games, is now in an 0-for-11 funk (The Devils have killed off 21 straight power plays).—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The garden reeks of rotting figs.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Carson Wentz‘s stat line didn’t reek of disaster in Sunday’s loss to Pittsburgh in Dublin.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Staleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staleness. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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