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Recent Examples of apathy Even their most die-hard fans are experiencing the unavoidable apathy of perpetual losing. Sam Blum, New York Times, 19 May 2025 My tools are deliberately minimalist rather than a product of apathy. Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025 Therefore, getting to the Holocaust required additional steps, including the apathy of the masses, the complicity of the elite, and the failure of the international community. Robert Williams, Time, 24 Apr. 2025 If the American public and critical elements of the business sector nonetheless view these fights over executive power with apathy or only through the lens of their most short-term interests, then a president acting in bad faith will get away with it. Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for apathy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apathy
Noun
  • In an era where Gen-Z rappers seem to have a disregard for album rollouts, Santana wanted to invite fans to be a part of something bigger.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 18 June 2025
  • This disregard for morale creates disengagement and burnout, which leads to high employee turnover rates.
    Christopher Fairbank, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Only a small percentage of college stars will ever play professionally, and an even tinier number will become wealthy, but the fate of the vast majority of student-athletes is a matter of indifference to the predatory NCAA.
    Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
  • Danes display a curious indifference toward Greenlanders.
    Morten Høi Jensen, The Dial, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Common causes of brown phlegm include smoking, exposure to toxins or pollutants in the air, cystic fibrosis, and bacterial lung infections.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 15 June 2025
  • Signs and symptoms include a cough that lasts for three weeks or longer, coughing up blood or phlegm, chest pain, weakness, fatigue, weight loss, loss of appetite, fever, chills and night sweats, according to the CDC.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2025

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“Apathy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apathy. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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