unpretentious
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Only three families have owned the unpretentious diner with its black bar stools, scuffed tile floors and enough nostalgia to fill Shasta Lake.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Over his four-decade spanning career, Colicchio has brought a produce-focused, unpretentious approach to modern fine dining.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
It's well-loved and unpretentious, with Chanel and Dior handbags dangling from the ceiling, and shelves of crystal-embellished heels.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Although his public persona was quite vivid—convivial, erudite but unpretentious, articulate, and unfailingly charming—he did not imbue his buildings with a distinctive graphic sensibility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
An unpretentious Lutheran church—a chapel, really—that looks like a set for an Ingmar Bergman drama and can seat only about fifty parishioners, guards the site of the cemetery.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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