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Recent Examples of insouciance The rigor and substance of the presentation’s early portion was balanced by signature TikTok insouciance. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 May 2025 To complement these ladies navigating a sea of business attire by sexing it up with insouciance (as well as micro hemlines and plenty of sheer) were her male coworkers who dabbled in a bit of New Romantic touches. Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025 His coy narrative voice and audacious insouciance, thinly disguised under a patina of classical Oxford education and self-deprecating wit, amuse the reader for several hundred pages. Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025 The fragrance’s starting point was the consumer — especially Gen Zers, who are partial to a deep form of insouciance, with a liberating irreverence, market insights show. Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for insouciance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insouciance
Noun
  • In the build-up to this scene, Jordan has a clash with the head of student life about their gender identity, and the school’s intentional disregard of their experience and language around it.
    Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Businessmen and revolutionaries alike tended to disregard borders.
    Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That kind of perfect nonchalance for the street and the occasion.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In Austen’s original, however, the point isn’t just to consider the heroine’s and hero’s attitudes toward dirt, from Elizabeth’s nonchalance to Darcy’s attraction.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Shouhed is seeking damages on claims of assault and battery in violation of California’s Bane Act, deliberate indifference to serious medical condition in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and being denied medical attention.
    Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The tangible momentum, and euphoria, generated by the Rangers’ World Series run has evaporated to previous levels of soul-shattering indifference.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Insouciance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insouciance. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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