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Recent Examples of Synonyms for good-humoredness
Noun
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The dust reflects light, thus boosting the brightness of the comet.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025 -
The space also integrates light sensors that adjust brightness according to rain or shine, a nod to the natural world that is part of the brand’s outdoor heritage.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Trump has suggested buoyancy in the market (owing to analysts partially banking on the idea that tariffs won’t go ahead) is justification in itself to push ahead with the plans.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Pulling together these numbers is a task more important than ever in an industry in desperate need of some buoyancy, according to Wardle.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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This Halloween, there are no lights, no revelry, no sugar highs.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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By the end of the game, hundreds of shirtless brethren had joined in on the revelry, stretching across four sections and making headlines.—
Justin Williams,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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As for footwear, Kurt Geiger’s penchant for playfulness continues.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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That’s a very artistic sense of playfulness.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
30 Oct. 2025
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The jollity extends to the audience, which if Friday’s night’s crowd was indication is largely filled with family and friends of the large cast and who are prone to applaud and whoop at the end of every scene.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
12 Aug. 2025
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The free-living, hard-drinking Brett uses wit and jollity to mask her inner desperation.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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On the plus side, the young acting talent and a welcome lightheartedness will keep the eye-rolling to a minimum.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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Using a similar method as the one scientists follow to determine the animals responsible for fossilized footprints — but with a dose of lightheartedness — Granatosky and his colleagues carried out the first scientific analysis of the imprint, published Tuesday in the journal Biology Letters.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Especially watching Curtis reveling playing a teen again.—
Katie Grant,
Parents,
7 Aug. 2025
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Birkin projected just this sort of youthful insouciance.—
Anahid Nersessian,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Victoria Mboko is only 18 years old, but presents more insouciance than innocence on the court.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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