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Recent Examples of impressionability
Your stepson is a teenage boy, the definition of volatility and impressionability.
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James Parker, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
James Parker, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressionability
Noun
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To imagine Israel blindsiding Washington in this most sensitive theater strains credulity.—
Dan Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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All of it — again, apparently done with no warning or prep time for Levy — comes off with bizarre credulity.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And in a world where time is money, conditions are ripe for a perfect storm of greed, deceit, and willful gullibility—all in the hope of getting ahead faster than the rest.—
Luis E. Romero,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Ignoring the problem of online gullibility felt irresponsible – even negligent.—
Sam Wineburg,
The Conversation,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Once that’s taken care of, The Diplomat uses their united presence to conjure The West Wing’s hope-core fantasy of liberal political idealism while also laughing at it.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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Much of the earlier idealism about asylums had soured as the 19th century ended, explained Bazar with the National Museum of Psychology.—
Jen Rose Smith,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In August 1991, Palace were approaching the new season with optimism.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Cooler-than-expected inflation data boosted investor optimism that the Fed will keep cutting rates to help the economy.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This inclination toward solitude appears to stem from underestimating others’ willingness to engage and unawareness of how much of a lift a mere social exchange can provide.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, Weinberger added, the greatest treatment obstacle is patients not taking their medications — sometimes due to anosognosia, the unawareness of being ill, which affects 50% to 98% of people with schizophrenia.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This is not, Vance’s studied ignorance notwithstanding, a normal way of doing business.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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The holiday also commemorates the triumph of knowledge over ignorance centuries ago.—
Angela Chitkara,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Irankunda’s goal was the result of Niko Sigur’s carelessness with the ball in Canada’s own half, and Luc de Fougerolles’ inability to clear the ball as well.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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That variation isn’t a byproduct of carelessness or confusion.—
Mark Hay,
Popular Science,
9 Oct. 2025
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There is a sort of beautiful obliviousness to Mann’s turn as Liz.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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There is total and telling obliviousness to his giant flat-screen television, tuned to the SEC Network and a women’s soccer match between Arkansas and … Notre Dame.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Impressionability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressionability. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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