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as in boring
lacking in distinctive features or qualities
it was precisely because he was a faceless individual that the serial killer was able to go on for so long without detection
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as in unnamed
not named or identified by a name
faceless gossipmongers had been spreading rumors about the actor's sexual identity for years
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Recent Examples of faceless
In a video circulated last weekend by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, the new inmates of his infamous Terrorism Confinement Center were shackled by the hands and feet and yanked by the hair off of planes by faceless guards in riot gear.
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Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Although a faceless design may be fine for robots assigned to security duty or for work in Tesla’s factories, that may not be a good idea for some of the other roles Musk has discussed assigning to Optimus.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2025
But entrepreneurs are scrambling to get on board with AI and AI agents, following the herd toward faceless automation.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
In The Butterfly Effect (2024), for example, a lone, faceless figure sits in a golden-yellow field.
—Omnia Saed, ARTnews.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Although a faceless design may be fine for robots assigned to security duty or for work in Tesla’s factories, that may not be a good idea for some of the other roles Musk has discussed assigning to Optimus.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2025
But entrepreneurs are scrambling to get on board with AI and AI agents, following the herd toward faceless automation.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
In The Butterfly Effect (2024), for example, a lone, faceless figure sits in a golden-yellow field.
—Omnia Saed, ARTnews.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faceless
Adjective
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These anything but boring side dishes let the bounty of the season shine in new and exciting ways.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
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Take it from this guy, who bought the beautiful Starfield limited-edition Xbox controller, headset, and console wrap for over $200, only to play the game and dump it after 20 boring hours.—
Matt Gardner,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The op-ed published in The Tufts Daily was signed by four authors, including Öztürk, and endorsed by more than 30 other unnamed students.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
13 Apr. 2025
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The fight started after an unnamed West Yarmouth resident complained about a business sign Tolley put out on Route 28, the main road in town, officials have said.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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The West Hollywood coffee shop is on a nondescript stretch of Fountain Avenue.—
Sonari Glinton,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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In February, Shapiro joined Lamm and three other Colossal scientists in a nondescript twenty-five-thousand-square-foot lab in the Dallas Market area.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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The franchise’s early albums were performed mostly by anonymous studio singers, although later releases focused on branding named talent.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
13 Apr. 2025
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The former student, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retribution, graduated from UIC in 2023 and was continuing to work in the U.S. on a STEM optional practical training extension.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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While UFOs are typically associated with aliens, Baker insists officials are required to look into unidentified objects in the interest of national security.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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The pilot weaved together two timelines with that 1996 crash and the present-day survivors, played by a beloved cast, and there was a killer flash-forward opening of an unidentified girl running for her life, barefoot through snow, who is then impaled and eaten by her friends.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Utah had a solid start this season, but the former Coyotes are still stuck in neutral, on the fringe of the West playoff race.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Rosenblatt upgrades Cisco to buy from neutral Rosenblatt upgraded the stock following earnings on Wednesday.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2025
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Belle wore a beige camisole top with thin straps and a flowing silhouette, which paired with short shorts and small crystal embellishments.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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Superior Rooms sport the same look and feel as the top suites, each dressed in refined tones of wooden beige, walnut, grey, and mineral blue.—
Travis Levius,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Apr. 2025
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The additional compounds in matcha dull this effect.—
Helen Carefoot,
Verywell Health,
11 Apr. 2025
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For the rest of us, a real musical comedy is a cause for celebration; most are either too tuneless to be musicals or too dull to be comedies.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Faceless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faceless. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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