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
The simple, if slightly sad, reality is that these intrepid explorers embark on a one-way trip upon leaving atop their gravity-defying rockets.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 Jan. 2026
The probe was delayed from 2022, and headed for the asteroid Psyche, using a Mars-gravity assist and not arriving until August 2029.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2026
By mid-February, Saturn’s re-entry into Aries adds gravity to the chaos, reminding you that independence requires responsibility and that courage must be backed by commitment.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
In politics, gravity still works.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 Jan. 2026
The probe was delayed from 2022, and headed for the asteroid Psyche, using a Mars-gravity assist and not arriving until August 2029.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2026
By mid-February, Saturn’s re-entry into Aries adds gravity to the chaos, reminding you that independence requires responsibility and that courage must be backed by commitment.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
In politics, gravity still works.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gravity
Noun
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Rodriguez noted that the law at the center of the battle doesn’t permit her to consider the seriousness of the offense nor the impact on the victims.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement This is not a failure of seriousness so much as a shift in how seriousness is encountered.—
Debbie Millman,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
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Craigslist nostalgia Craigslist, the decades-old online classifieds site, is still the go-to platform for some millennials who are nostalgic for the earnestness of the early web.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Do not let Fernando Mendoza’s earnestness fool you.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Gravity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravity. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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