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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
Adverb
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One of the giants of French cinema sitting calmly beneath a bird that has mistaken him for part of the furniture.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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So Higgo, unaware of the consequences of the decision before him, just calmly tossed another ball on the practice green and hit one more putt.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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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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Something casually exchanged could become strategically useful.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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The footage shows officers carefully opening the bathroom door before the confused bear casually strolls out and heads down the sidewalk to freedom while officers and bystanders scatter out of the way.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 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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As the final buzzer sounded, James sat stoically at the end of the bench with his arms crossed close to his chest.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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Horner stood stoically while Judge George Gallagher read the sentence that the jury handed down after less than three hours of deliberation.—
Harriet Ramos
May 5,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 May 2026
Adverb
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The termination of those rights is a profound decision, one the courts don’t take lightly.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Then, lightly spray one slat at a time, working on that slat only.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
10 May 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
Adverb
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The women are blithely dismissive of their tedious work, but their relationships fray under new stresses—including intrusive surveillance.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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It must be said that my writing voice in English sometimes feels stiffer nowadays, less blithely sure of itself, always fighting to keep my tongues from getting twisted.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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“Dispassionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispassionately. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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