as in unhappiness
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Recent Examples of ill-being
Based on a dataset covering 34 countries from 2020 to 2023 from Sapien Labs’ Global Mind Project, the authors showed that ill-being is currently at higher levels at younger ages—and the trend is not a hump shape—across these countries.
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Deena Mousa, Scientific American, 12 July 2024
Deena Mousa, Scientific American, 12 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ill-being
Noun
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The Best Clothing Box Photograph: Stitch Fix Stitch Fix Kids Clothes Box $16 Stitch Fix As my kids have gotten older, shopping for their clothes has become a misery.—
Adrienne So,
Wired News,
17 May 2025
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The value of the Syrian currency plummeted during the civil war years, adding to the misery.—
Raja Abdulrahim,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Altogether, the strength of ticket sales for such a chaotic jumble of movies indicated a return from the brink after a cascading series of showbiz calamities stretching from the N95 era to the Hollywood strikes to the Los Angeles wildfires.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
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With such a small team for a 469-square-mile city, EMD has struggled to staff its emergency operations center in crises, prepare for events like the 2028 Olympics and help residents recover from smaller-scale calamities like building fires, storms and mudslides.—
Matt Hamilton,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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The wind of sorrows is so violent today and sweeps up the weakest — the hostages of October 7 and all the hostages — the prisoners, the drowned, who endure terror and die in a terrible feeling of abandonment and indifference.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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Her words pierced through the haze of sorrow and became an enduring truth.—
Carissa Talmage,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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“Ill-being.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ill-being. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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