as in enthusiasm
urgent desire or interest
the child's impatience for Christmas morning is engaging
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Recent Examples of impatience
Indeed, its impatience with principles of accommodation have opened new fissures.
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Yamini Aiyar, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2025
There have been encouraging signs in other games or even in consecutive games, only to have the Padres revert to being the offensive impatience and impotence.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
Owner Stephen Ross at 85 should officially lead the league in impatience.
—Greg Cote
july 17, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
Executives struggled to navigate Gwyneth’s impatience and perfectionism.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 16 July 2025
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Yamini Aiyar, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2025
There have been encouraging signs in other games or even in consecutive games, only to have the Padres revert to being the offensive impatience and impotence.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
Owner Stephen Ross at 85 should officially lead the league in impatience.
—Greg Cote
july 17, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
Executives struggled to navigate Gwyneth’s impatience and perfectionism.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 16 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for impatience
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impatience
Noun
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Institutional enthusiasm for digital assets is rising, and the U.S. regulatory climate has grown friendlier, even as the economics of mining face more pressure from bitcoin’s quadrennial halving.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Time will tell whether ASI’s enthusiasm was ultimately strategic or premature.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The family’s thirst for cash makes questions about conflicts of interest all the more pressing.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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The software provider is seen as being a pure artificial intelligence consultant, which is very important in a market that thirsts for pure AI plays.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
10 Aug. 2025
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This journey has been so special full of peace, excitement, and so much grace.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The announcement was met with a mix of excitement and trepidation across the board, with most fans being cautiously optimistic about the shakeup.—
Dana Reboe,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Lack of water affects agriculture, as in much of southern Africa, where a drought parched crops and livestock and put 90 million people in danger of acute hunger, according to a United Nations report last month.—
Mark Gongloff,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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In the video about starvation that drew the condemnation of the IDF, al-Sharif cries as a woman collapses from hunger behind him.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
11 Aug. 2025
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Investors with an appetite for lithium and other battery metals such as nickel and cobalt have been hoping for a recovery since prices started to collapse three years ago, eventually dragging lithium down by 80% and forcing mine closures around the world.—
Tim Treadgold,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Ingredients in Kind’s GLP-1 Patches include berberine, pomegranate, and L-glutamine extract, all of which have been shown to aid in the production of GLP-1, a naturally occurring hormone that regulates appetite.—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Impatience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impatience. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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