1
as in turmoil
a disturbed or uneasy state
the nighttime tornado warnings were the likely source of the restiveness that could be felt all over town
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2
as in unease
a state of nervousness marked by sudden jerky movements
I sensed that his restiveness at breakfast probably had something to do with the big presentation he would be making at the sales conference
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Noun
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Everton are picking up the pieces after a decade of turmoil.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025 -
Set against the backdrop of the 1996 Taiwan Strait crisis, the coming-of-age drama centers on Chou, a teenager struggling with family tensions exacerbated by the political turmoil’s impact on his household’s finances.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Gold does, after all, usually act as a safe haven in periods of economic unease.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
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Still, there’s reason for unease when critics of Israel use the Holocaust as a rhetorical weapon against the Jewish state.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Kenyan security forces were deployed to Haiti in waves over the course of 2024 and 2025 to help the Caribbean nation as it was destabilized by gang violence and civil unrest.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Sep. 2025
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There has been more unrest latelt, including the shooting into the offices of Sacramento ABC affiliate KXTV (ABC10) on Friday.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
23 Sep. 2025
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The system, with its high-voltage generator, addresses the range anxiety of electric vehicles.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Sep. 2025
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Over six days, joy and anxiety collide as the family hides in plain sight in what can be described as a biographical piece of filmmaking for Lafosse.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Sep. 2025
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For Washington, there was a worry that the team was becoming too reliant on Daniels.—
Mark Kern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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The worries of the group also extended beyond their business operations.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
21 Sep. 2025
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Amid the nineteenth-century tension between nation and state, those who sided with the nation included many antisemites.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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How do those two versions of you coexist, and how did that tension shape HELLA PRESSURE?—
Christopher Claxton,
Billboard,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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No amount of research into the suspect or surveillance could make the nerves go away.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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Kimmie is forced to watch uncomfortably from the sideline, but Williams knew exactly how to calm her character’s nerves.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
19 Sep. 2025
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So, would Hegel be shaking his beard in furious agitation?—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
18 Sep. 2025
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Within two weeks, the infected person starts having increasingly severe symptoms such as confusion, agitation, hallucinations and aggressive behavior.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Restiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restiveness. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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