as in intentness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling
the hospital waiting room was filled with the kind of gravity that inevitably accompanies worry
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Recent Examples of gravity
To overcome this lack of mixing, microbes grown in low gravity changed on a genetic level.
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K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2026
The lift pump may overwhelm the leach field as it was designed for a gravity system.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026
Plenty of other changes to the game — for instance, the shift in leniency of assist tracking — have irrevocably recontextualized the gravity of a triple-double.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
The impressive turnaround by the Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team carried well into their Big West Tournament semifinal on Friday night before gravity seemed to finally take over.
—Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 14 Mar. 2026
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K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2026
The lift pump may overwhelm the leach field as it was designed for a gravity system.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026
Plenty of other changes to the game — for instance, the shift in leniency of assist tracking — have irrevocably recontextualized the gravity of a triple-double.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
The impressive turnaround by the Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team carried well into their Big West Tournament semifinal on Friday night before gravity seemed to finally take over.
—Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gravity
Noun
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Her legacy indeed lives on in Definitely Thriving, a book which dares to treat the small canvas of an ordinary woman’s experience with seriousness and respect, all the while maintaining that necessary sense of humor which makes the whole thing—life itself—mostly bearable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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From the beginning, Madeleine approached her training with seriousness and respect for the craft.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The violent earnestness is like a speaker-phone therapy session on a crowded subway.—
Samuel Hyland,
Pitchfork,
17 Mar. 2026
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That thread of earnestness in the plot and character development definitely makes its way into the finale.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Gravity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravity. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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