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Recent Examples of inquietude
Partying continued Friday, even as French officials pleaded with the participants to leave and as inquietude mounted within the French government.
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Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2021
Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inquietude
Noun
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As Kate Niederhoffer and Jeffrey Hancock note in Harvard Business Review, forced AI adoption amid layoffs breeds resistance, anxiety, and plummeting morale.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Many children manage anxiety with therapy and medication.—
Kimberly Zapata,
Parents,
14 June 2026
Noun
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Stark and simple, yet taut with tension—its minimalist layout and precise typography immediately arrest the eye.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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But Thursday’s tensions center largely on the differences in perspectives between the newsroom and its product divisions.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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The hand and shards instantly suggest a Christian martyrology, and paired with that title give this cover a peaceful unease.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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Aside from the unease of contemplating something unfamiliar, stories involving driverless cars don’t always inspire confidence.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
Freep.com,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Hot water and heavy-duty wash cycles with high agitation can cause sheet fibers to break down, so stick with a gentle cycle and cold water setting.—
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
15 June 2026
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The hand wash cycle on your washing machine is the gentlest option available, designed to mimic true hand washing using cold water, no agitation, and minimal spinning.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
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Its responses are syrupy, its handling is unremarkable, and its odd brake pedal feel creates a sense of disquietude.—
Eric Stafford,
Car and Driver,
26 Apr. 2023
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The group’s songs, all dance grooves, pulsing bass lines and ’80s-tinged synths, have typically reeked of disquietude and served as a maze into Healy’s brilliant but occasionally self-indulgent mind.—
Dan Hyman,
Washington Post,
21 Oct. 2022
Noun
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In the canonical metaphorical example, a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, and the cascading sequence of atmospheric perturbations leads to a tornado in Texas.—
Dan Garisto,
Scientific American,
22 Oct. 2025
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By comparing the forward and backward series of operations, the new algorithm can see the effects of this perturbation throughout the molecule and so model the molecule as a whole.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
21 Oct. 2025
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This relatively short Hall of Fame tradition came to an abrupt halt in 2020, in part because of COVID-19, but also due to major disruptions in local arts journalism.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
13 July 2025
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That mechanism, the researchers found, was a disruption along the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis, one of the body’s main stress response systems.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Inquietude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquietude. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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