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
Past the critical mass, the halo gets dense and hot enough to hold itself up against gravity for billions of years.
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 9 June 2026
In space, the absence of gravity means that scientists can grow more uniform and higher-quality crystals, said Phil Williams, professor of biophysics at the University of Nottingham.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 9 June 2026
At some point, though, gravity will surely assert itself.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 8 June 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, 8 June 2026
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 9 June 2026
In space, the absence of gravity means that scientists can grow more uniform and higher-quality crystals, said Phil Williams, professor of biophysics at the University of Nottingham.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 9 June 2026
At some point, though, gravity will surely assert itself.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 8 June 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, 8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gravity
Noun
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And up until 2022, all of those reports — hundreds each year, sent by mail, fax, and email — were read, assessed for seriousness, and manually entered into a database by OHRP staff.—
Megan Molteni,
STAT,
5 June 2026
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Although no successful secession movement has arisen since 1865, contemporary secession movements exist, with varying degrees of seriousness, and in the 21st century polls have shown that interest in secession has been rising.—
Scott Spires Britannica Editors June 3,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
3 June 2026
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Western, for his part, had by this time recovered something of his usual bluster, and began again upon the subject of Blifil, commending his estate and his family with great earnestness, as though these considerations alone ought to have settled the matter long since.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
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Even if the earnestness is genuine, Véliz worries that the use of religious terminology and imagery around AI—deliberately or not—can make honest conversation harder to have.—
Chris Stokel-Walker,
Scientific American,
26 May 2026
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“Gravity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravity. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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