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Recent Examples of gravity For instance, portable cold atom systems could provide navigation without GPS, detect underground structures, monitor climate change with unprecedented detail, and even enable space missions to test gravity and search for new particles. Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025 This kid brought so much gravity to the piece. Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2025 Riding from Charlotte and traversing through the mountainous terrain of the western part of North Carolina, the gravity of it all wasn’t lost on Grant Williams. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025 Understanding the gravity of a red flag warning and adhering to these precautions is paramount in averting wildfires during these perilous conditions. Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gravity
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Noun
  • Saturn’s shift back into your sign back on the 1st will have added a layer of seriousness to this whole process, urging you to take responsibility for your path and your patterns.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This is a testament to the passion and seriousness with which so many professors approach their work as teachers (and, also, to the genuine curiosity and ambition of their students).
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The earnestness and sincerity that characterized so much music from the late ’90s were overtaken by the sneering rage of nu metal.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
  • When there is a buck to be made, a rapidly emerging necessity can be met with ardent earnestness.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025

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“Gravity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravity. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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