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Recent Examples of brio Part of shutting yourself off to such horrors involves being able to move past them, and Civil War, like its characters, glides past each monstrous vignette with unbothered brio. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 May 2024 Everything is staged with confidence and brio, agreed Charlotte Jones on What's on Stage, and the cast is top-notch. The Week Uk, theweek, 14 Mar. 2024 Brimming with charisma and brio, Trump came from the political wilderness in 2016 to win the presidency, seeming to many the nation’s deliverance from proliferating woes. Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2024 Known for his brash attitude and flashy designer suits, super-lobbyist Tony Podesta’s Washington, D.C., mansion, which just sold for $8.2 million, exhibits the same sort of eye-catching brio. Mark David, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for brio
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Noun
  • Among many independent political analysts, though, Biden's defeat seemed all but guaranteed, given voters' alarm about inflation and immigration as well as concern about his vigor.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 20 May 2025
  • Following a time of recuperation, Pallister is ready to channel her vigor into this new label.
    Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Solar thermal setups capture the Sun's heat rather than its light, use reflectors to concentrate sunlight onto a receiver, and convert solar radiation directly into heat energy.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 18 May 2025
  • According to data from the U.S. Energy and Employment Report, Florida ranks third in the nation for clean energy employment, with 175,572 jobs across sectors like solar, energy efficiency, grid modernization and electric vehicles.
    Zach Colletti, Sun Sentinel, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • His keyboard work was consistently inspired and full of verve.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
  • Whoever prevails in the cardinals’ deliberations will inherit a church with plenty of gilding but still in need of some of the verve and passion that Francis brought to the task.
    Randall Balmer, Time, 8 May 2025

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“Brio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brio. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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