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the child's impatience for Christmas morning is engaging
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The Future Tours Program, cricket’s scheduling framework, draws particular impatience.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 May 2026
In a video about an erratic Uber driver, a recognizable dynamic—awkward small talk, impatience to set off—escalates into a life-threatening one.
—Alex Barasch, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
Raised a Christian, Turner would develop a particular impatience for organized religion, one that was born out of the death of his younger sister from lupus at age 17.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 May 2026
Still learning, still moving For all his impatience with American institutions — corporate, political, technological — Burke’s worldview is ultimately an optimistic one, grounded less in ideology than in a belief that self-improvement is always available to anyone willing to do the work.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 May 2026
In a video about an erratic Uber driver, a recognizable dynamic—awkward small talk, impatience to set off—escalates into a life-threatening one.
—Alex Barasch, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
Raised a Christian, Turner would develop a particular impatience for organized religion, one that was born out of the death of his younger sister from lupus at age 17.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 May 2026
Still learning, still moving For all his impatience with American institutions — corporate, political, technological — Burke’s worldview is ultimately an optimistic one, grounded less in ideology than in a belief that self-improvement is always available to anyone willing to do the work.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026
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“Impatience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impatience. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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impatience
noun
im·pa·tience
(ˈ)im-ˈpā-shən(t)s 
1
: lack of patience
2
: restless or eager desire
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