aliveness

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Recent Examples of aliveness Out in a rainstorm because sometimes that can be just as appealing as watching it from behind warm windows—there is a natural craving for weather to confirm one’s aliveness, and as with storms the same can be true of being out in strong winds, or heavy snowfall, or dense mist. Literary Hub, 11 May 2026 The curious thing was, the source of this aliveness seemed to be located in moments in which the group did absolutely nothing. Daniel Coyle, Big Think, 3 Feb. 2026 Settlage prefers focusing on vitality, or the energy and enthusiasm that contribute to a feeling of aliveness. Angela Haupt, Time, 29 Dec. 2025 With this in mind, the first outer planet shift of the new year happens on January 26, when Neptune enters Aries until May 2038 and will begin a slow, but radical, transformation on how the collective frames identity, autonomy, freedom, and aliveness. Colin Bedell, Them., 16 Dec. 2025 That aliveness and sense of immediacy are what animate Woolf’s prose—and her heroine. Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aliveness
Noun
  • In September 2026, the consciousness conference was already booked at the Vatican’s address before the encyclical was announced.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • Those split levels of child and adult consciousness give the film a certain piquancy, a little gap where drama can spark in a story where almost nothing really happens except a kid takes a plane ride, or several plane rides, with his mom.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • Students at a California elementary school are banding together to raise awareness and money to save the bald eagle hunting area at San Bernardino National Forest's Big Bear Valley, home of the viral bald eagles Jackie and Shadow.
    Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 14 May 2026
  • President of the Laburt Improvement Community Association, Janet Bailey handed out flyers in the community after Brooks in an effort to raise awareness abut local behavioral health services.
    JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • McKinsey estimates that American consumers are spending $500 billion on products that promise better overall health, sleep, nutrition, mindfulness, fitness and appearance.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Its themed weekend programs rotate through yoga, pilates, reading, grounding ceremonies and mindfulness.
    Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Though most people understand the need for sunscreen, many don’t realize that the brain, like the skin, is an organ with exquisite receptivity to the outside world.
    Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
  • Sometimes these shifts are small, noticeable only to the character experiencing them, as when an impending hurricane heightens the narrator’s receptivity to the minor mysteries of humble objects.
    Hannah Gold, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Mentor was known for his wisdom and trust-building sensitivity.
    Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Emotional weather systems with tempers, intuition, sensitivity, and something wild in our blood.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Trump officials have pointed to research on ivermectin as an example of the administration’s receptiveness to ideas the scientific establishment has rejected.
    Rachana Pradhan, STAT, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This receptiveness led to Ockenfels’ favorite pictures from their partnership — inspired by the facial distortions in the paintings of Francis Bacon — in which bendings of glass were employed to warp Bowie’s likeness.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Nolan’s attentiveness to his characters extends beyond the page.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 12 May 2026
  • The variance with accustomed Goodspeed values is apparent from the very first moments, though the opening gambit fails due to an appalling lack of attentiveness from the audience.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • Bright light in the 2,500-10,000 lux range during the first six hours of a night shift suppresses melatonin and enhances alertness.
    Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2026
  • Bright light in the 2,500-10,000 lux range during the first six hours of a shift suppresses melatonin and sharpens alertness.
    Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026

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“Aliveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aliveness. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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