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as in querulousness
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Recent Examples of fussiness
Less wing fussiness, smaller bodies, more reliant on tire grip than aero, and a much beefier electric-hybrid motor doing a substantial chunk of the work.
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Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Baptisia plants are beloved for producing blue blooms that complete any garden design without the fussiness that many blue flowers exhibit.
—Jamie McIntosh, The Spruce, 3 Mar. 2026
If fussiness were an Olympic sport, Annette would be a legend.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2026
The framers did not distribute war powers this way out of procedural fussiness.
—Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Flu can impact children differently and present more general symptoms like irritability and general fussiness, or ear and stomach pain.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
These include constipation, fussiness at feeding and a weak cry.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
The spice that makes this dish work is Carl's precious decor and fussiness about keeping the place impeccable, communicated with exquisite diction by the burly Scales.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Pebsworth also raised concerns about CDC data showing irritability or fussiness in some infants who received the hepatitis B vaccine.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Baptisia plants are beloved for producing blue blooms that complete any garden design without the fussiness that many blue flowers exhibit.
—Jamie McIntosh, The Spruce, 3 Mar. 2026
If fussiness were an Olympic sport, Annette would be a legend.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2026
The framers did not distribute war powers this way out of procedural fussiness.
—Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Flu can impact children differently and present more general symptoms like irritability and general fussiness, or ear and stomach pain.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
These include constipation, fussiness at feeding and a weak cry.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
The spice that makes this dish work is Carl's precious decor and fussiness about keeping the place impeccable, communicated with exquisite diction by the burly Scales.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Pebsworth also raised concerns about CDC data showing irritability or fussiness in some infants who received the hepatitis B vaccine.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fussiness
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Bryant is a restrained writer, and the fastidiousness of his elastic text does little to allay those who are likely to become inflamed.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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More such fastidiousness will be needed to arrest the domino effect of delegitimization and to renew the small guarantees of truth and dignity in public life customarily provided by legacy institutions.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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As the recipient of Gentle Readers’ mail, Miss Manners is all too aware of the deluge of rudeness in the modern world.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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But only those who had been woken up without warning with a degree of rudeness would remember this night when their own time came.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
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With a daintiness at odds with its 120 kilos, the bear extricates its wrist from the tie and calmly takes its leave.—
Ganesh Marín,
The Dial,
7 Oct. 2025
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Having worked with people of all types, with agenda’s, belligerence, ultimately, short of a mental illness, there’s a way to get things done with people who think differently, etc.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Balich and other Olympic leaders already have their hands full maintaining order at a time of rising belligerence.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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His aggression led to him getting six attempts at the free-throw line.—
Dan Rios,
Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Smog-forming emissions can interfere with insect communication by breaking down pheromones, causing ant colonies to exhibit aggression toward their own members and neglect their larvae.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Adding to the turbulence is Korea's sensitivity to energy prices.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
6 Mar. 2026
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Shaynak was impressed with the sensitivity of Sachs’s final script.—
Marah Eakin,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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But Bondi decided the moment called for combativeness, not contrition.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Bessent’s combativeness is, in part, a sign of the times, said David Lublin, chair of the Department of Government at American University’s School of Public Affairs.—
Fatima Hussein,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The theme of the contentiousness was that the Bengals didn’t have interest in offering any long-term guarantees that were a priority to the 31-year-old.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Reinecke attributed some of the contentiousness to a conflict between economic development and historic preservation.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Fussiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fussiness. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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