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Recent Examples of dispassionately
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.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
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
Adverb
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Address gossip calmly and factually, not emotionally.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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In a viral TikTok shared by user @rejumadnil, a small dog can be seen calmly lounging on what appears to be an entire couch cushion placed neatly inside its kennel.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Due to their minimalist design, these mule sneakers are easy to pair with a nice outfit while on vacation, or wear casually with a cute matching set to go to the airport.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Nov. 2025
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At the time, an insider told People magazine that Aniston and Curtis were casually dating and having fun.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Every frame is flat, overlit and lovely, like watching footage from somebody’s Italian vacation shot indifferently on an iPhone.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
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Time flowed past indifferently above us; hours and days had no meaning.—
Garth Greenwell,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The short vigil drew crowds of adults and children alike, many standing stoically, with tears streaming down somber faces.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
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The 8-year-old stray, discovered in Ontario, recently appeared on the red carpet in a studded leather jacket, posing stoically in a cat-sized convertible.—
Steve Garbarino,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Kane calls it a compound, lightly, with a hint of sincerity.—
Keith Flanagan,
Architectural Digest,
11 Nov. 2025
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The following interview has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity.—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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Yet without a single footwork adjustment, Cherki trots up and nonchalantly whips a half-volley into the top corner.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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Throughout the video, the TikToker can be seen looking around nonchalantly as the glowing ride approaches him.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Next came a disastrous interview with CBS’s Katie Couric in which Palin seemed to reveal herself to be uninformed and blithely incurious about most things unrelated to Alaska.—
Time,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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His business associates view him as both blithely charming and, in a word, obsessed.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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In a similar vein, Japanese media startups and companies might express a desire to expand overseas, but their content continues to be local focused, with less thought and effort devoted to translating distinctly Japanese content to be easily consumed by international audiences.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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While not all spending or financial sources have been disclosed publicly, Democrats easily outspent a Republican campaign by as much as four-to-one.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Dispassionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispassionately. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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