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as in intentness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling
an abrupt sobriety fell over the group when they heard the news
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as in temperance
voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites
although she can afford to wear anything, she practices a sartorial sobriety that bespeaks class and taste
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Recent Examples of sobriety
After years of sobriety and lots of work with addition experts, Osbourne started drinking again in 2012.
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
How Faith Hill helped Tim McGraw get sober In an August 2021 interview with Esquire, McGraw opened up about how Hill supported him in his sobriety journey.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Branagh will be tasked with bringing Hopkins’ story to life, as the Oscar-winning acting legend reflects on his illustrious film and theater career, difficult childhood, and path to sobriety.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
This is the stuff of pop music—the sobriety that sets in when romantic euphoria cools—though Le Bon’s artillery of synthesized sounds is avant-garde enough to qualify as art pop, which may function as a trigger warning for some.
—Rumaan Alam, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
How Faith Hill helped Tim McGraw get sober In an August 2021 interview with Esquire, McGraw opened up about how Hill supported him in his sobriety journey.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Branagh will be tasked with bringing Hopkins’ story to life, as the Oscar-winning acting legend reflects on his illustrious film and theater career, difficult childhood, and path to sobriety.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
This is the stuff of pop music—the sobriety that sets in when romantic euphoria cools—though Le Bon’s artillery of synthesized sounds is avant-garde enough to qualify as art pop, which may function as a trigger warning for some.
—Rumaan Alam, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sobriety
Noun
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The temperance movement, which aimed to reduce alcohol use, gained steam in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
16 Sep. 2025
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The movie clip reveals how much temperance, humanity, and transcendence Mary Jackson needs to navigate a system that has embedded injustices that few see or understand.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When their cores run out of fuel, gravity crushes them inward, triggering supernovae that leave behind a neutron star or black hole.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Best Amazon Prime Day STEM Toy Deals Encourage early learning with age-appropriate STEM toys, like a marble run that helps kids learn about gravity and other basic physics principles.—
Anja Webb,
Parents,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The earnestness and sincerity that characterized so much music from the late ’90s were overtaken by the sneering rage of nu metal.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2025
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When there is a buck to be made, a rapidly emerging necessity can be met with ardent earnestness.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Glacier National Park, Montana Winter comes early to Glacier National Park, but the hardwoods that are peppered throughout the park’s evergreen forests put on one last show in September and October before the snow begins to fall in earnest.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
26 Sep. 2025
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The crackdown may only be starting in earnest.—
Juanita Goebertus,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Sobriety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sobriety. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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