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Recent Examples of dispassionately
The transaction layer may become more dispassionately logical, but the relationship layer still belongs to people.
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Atul Sabharwal,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Arendt and Lippmann proposed creating spaces where judges and journalists could evaluate evidence dispassionately and reach reliable conclusions about truth.
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Jeffrey Rosen,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
In one scene, he is seen dispassionately watching his own films.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 Apr. 2026
Instead, endeavor to stand back, look at the list dispassionately, and judge which three events honestly were the biggest of the year in your judgment.
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Miami Herald,
26 Dec. 2025
Dwight sets the logs ablaze, watching dispassionately as Dunmire burns to a crisp.
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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Nov. 2025
Where rookie pilots panicked in battle, Gabreski functioned like a robot, dispassionately following the instructions laid out in his military flight manuals.
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Angus Fletcher,
Big Think,
29 Sep. 2025
Taking a traditional approach, studying players dispassionately and from a distance, treating them like assets, won’t do.
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Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Aug. 2025
Atul Sabharwal,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Arendt and Lippmann proposed creating spaces where judges and journalists could evaluate evidence dispassionately and reach reliable conclusions about truth.
—
Jeffrey Rosen,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
In one scene, he is seen dispassionately watching his own films.
—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 Apr. 2026
Instead, endeavor to stand back, look at the list dispassionately, and judge which three events honestly were the biggest of the year in your judgment.
—
Miami Herald,
26 Dec. 2025
Dwight sets the logs ablaze, watching dispassionately as Dunmire burns to a crisp.
—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Nov. 2025
Where rookie pilots panicked in battle, Gabreski functioned like a robot, dispassionately following the instructions laid out in his military flight manuals.
—
Angus Fletcher,
Big Think,
29 Sep. 2025
Taking a traditional approach, studying players dispassionately and from a distance, treating them like assets, won’t do.
—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispassionately
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If a purchase is needed, compare costs calmly, outline how payment will happen, then set a review date.
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Say something loudly and calmly — don’t shriek!
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But Jen remains utterly unmoved, staring impassively as Whitney, who seems truly blindsided, starts to lose her mind a little bit.
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Whitehill, a former justice on Texas’ Fifth Court of Appeals, at times listened impassively, but on several occasions pushed back at attorneys on both sides.
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Cybersecurity buyers rarely engage casually.
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In one stunning shot, a dragon surges into battle, casually dragging a toe across the water.
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Not the typical tacky amusement park with cigarette-smoking carnies indifferently pulling the levers on rides battered from being hauled from place to place.
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Whenever official institutions are unavailable, fail, or move too slowly, too bureaucratically, or too indifferently, people turn to each other.
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Part of the footage showed the president standing up straight, stoically, while a massive laser light show exploded throughout Madison Square Garden.
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Martínez watches stoically, especially when Andreeva goes on one of her tirades.
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Once the insides are lightly golden, flip the halves cut-side up for the last two minutes, until the interior is golden and slightly crispy.
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The interview has been lightly condensed and edited for clarity.
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And then, right as Joe’s already prevalent rage is on the precipice of going nuclear, a CGI giraffe nonchalantly strolls past a third-story window in the background.
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One blueprint for aura farming comes courtesy of a viral video of a boy dancing nonchalantly on a race boat.
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Meanwhile, poor Sol is blithely ignoring Jen’s warning that Sincere seemed to switch up on Melanie awfully quick and that Sincere and Melanie are very in sync.
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Carusillo just experienced a media cancellation of sorts, a consequence of blithely recommending a beauty treatment in one of her articles that ended up putting influencers in the hospital.
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“Dispassionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispassionately. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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