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Recent Examples of dispassionately
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.
—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
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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Anaheim finished it off with a 5-2 victory in Game 6 on Thursday night, calmly dispatching its more experienced opponents with the poise and potency that this team has shown for long stretches this season.—
Greg Beacham,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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But, as her words were read out, McGovern sat calmly, with a pencil in his hand, completing a sudoku.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Charlotte Reiss's kitchen in the heart of Provence is a casually elegant space that would put any home cook at ease.—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
27 Apr. 2026
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Bierman captured the moment as Wetjen stood near the green, casually holding a wedge while taking the call — a scene that somehow makes getting drafted to the NFL feel like just another Saturday afternoon.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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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.—
Mark Lane,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Whenever official institutions are unavailable, fail, or move too slowly, too bureaucratically, or too indifferently, people turn to each other.—
Shelly Sitton-Tygielski,
Time,
25 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The passengers, including me, sat stoically in the dark, tired and numb.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Prosecutors said Bradburn showed little emotion throughout the trial, often sitting stoically and at times smiling.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But you are allowed to ask, lightly, kindly, whether the box is coming along for the ride.—
Jann Blackstone,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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The following excerpts from their conversation are lightly edited for clarity.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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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.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
21 Apr. 2026
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One blueprint for aura farming comes courtesy of a viral video of a boy dancing nonchalantly on a race boat.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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Blake Lively once posed in Forever 21, Zendaya blithely donned Target to her first movie premiere.—
Merle Ginsberg,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2026
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Curry’s passenger begged officers to help Curry but Billups-Taylor blithely dismissed this concern, stating that Curry was acting, court documents state.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Dispassionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispassionately. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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