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Noun
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The irritability or walking into a room only to forget why seconds later.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025 -
This could look like mood swings, irritability, hostility, feelings of depression, and thoughts of suicide or self-harm.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At one point, her crankiness about being underappreciated for her domestic efforts is blamed, without irony, on her period.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2025
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The balanced fruitiness and mild acidity cut through the richness, while a creamy, buttery mouthfeel provides richness and a mouth-coating texture.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Max Baum/Steffen Köhler To assess the changes wrought by the acidity, scientists measured the circumference of the teeth before and after incubation.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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In an obvious display of childish petulance, a significant number of Democratic representatives in Texas abandoned their jobs and responsibilities to the voters by fleeing to Illinois.—
For the Carroll County Times,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Aug. 2025
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Jimmy Butler did not have to consider the fallout of petulance because he already was known as petulant.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Captiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captiousness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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