low-key
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Rezaei replaces Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, 72, a low-key yet longtime high-ranking intelligence operative, as secretary of the council.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
In “Bridgerton’s” fourth season, Benedict and Sophie’s outdoor ceremony is purposefully low-key.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The low-key, low-pressure weekend is Gen Z’s preferred option, Harris Poll researchers said Wednesday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
British heavyweight Tyson Fury stopped Mariusz Wach in a low-key bout in Thailand to keep a potential blockbuster fight with Anthony Joshua on track.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
If I’d once met with twenty people at a time at low-key house parties, I was now speaking to hundreds in a high school gym.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
“I feel like it’s a whole team, and this couldn’t be done without all the other players,” said Wang, who in typical fashion low-keyed his contributions.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2021
Nevertheless, Harriott’s tone was more low-keyed than the one he’d adopted before the Booker T. game.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 1, 2017
Or maybe it will be Pharrell Williams, who low-keyed his way to scoring a much-coveted singer Monday, a vocalist Levine called “the greatest singer in the show’s history and the most beautiful.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2015
When Sandy Hall showed him his personalized trike, Hagar kept it low-keyed at the track.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2015
Eve de Montalais laughed the charming, low-keyed laugh of a happily diverted woman.
From Alias the Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance
"We are low-keying it," Trump told news site Axios by phone Sunday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
If the latter is true, then Mr. Trump’s Sunday remark that “we are low-keying it” may be more sensible than his usual military bluster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
“We are low-keying it with Iran,” he told a reporter with Axios in a phone call on Sunday, meaning that he’s just waiting for Iran to collapse.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
For his part, US President Donald Trump said in an interview: "We are low-keying it."
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
But is this John holding his cards close to the vest or is Glover merely low-keying his way through this performance, as he's done in other shows?
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2024
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