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
Donaldson also spoke about the emotional gravity of the event.
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Jon Youshaei, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
The gravity of the situation can be seen in an image captured by the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite, which is used to monitor surface temperatures, on May 26.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 May 2026
But the emotional gravity of this offering's deeply personal, melancholic lyrical content plucks an undeniably profound chord that uniquely separates it from the rest of his work.
—Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
That's how individual gravity becomes a collective force.
—Eric Ries, Time, 28 May 2026
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Jon Youshaei, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
The gravity of the situation can be seen in an image captured by the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite, which is used to monitor surface temperatures, on May 26.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 May 2026
But the emotional gravity of this offering's deeply personal, melancholic lyrical content plucks an undeniably profound chord that uniquely separates it from the rest of his work.
—Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
That's how individual gravity becomes a collective force.
—Eric Ries, Time, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gravity
Noun
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The work to preserve our government requires secrecy and seriousness.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
31 May 2026
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How ‘Clean Slate’ laws work States have a legal process in which people can petition the courts to seal or expunge old arrests or convictions, depending on the seriousness of the offense and after a certain period of time.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
Noun
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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 6 Jun. 2026.
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