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as in flimsiness
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as in unsoundness
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insubstantiality
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The legal flimsiness of the indictment indicates just how far Blanche’s DOJ is willing to go to please the president.—
Quinta Jurecic,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026 -
The Federal Police deployed a massive show of force — including armored vehicles and heavy weaponry — to apprehend a small group, creating a media spectacle that starkly contrasted with the flimsiness of the legal case.—
Evandro Cruz Silva,
The Dial,
10 Feb. 2026
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Based on Alaïa Jade’s public reputation and the structural unsoundness of the bell tower, Smullen thinks an accidental death is likely.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2025
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In looking back at the history of Emtech, the colt who suffered a catastrophic breakdown in Saturday’s eighth race, it was discovered that he was once placed on the Veterinarian’s List because of unsoundness.—
John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Sep. 2019
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What is also striking about this period beyond the remarkably swift achievements for Black people living under French rule, however, is the fragility of the nature of progress.—
Jeremy D. Popkin,
The Conversation,
28 May 2026
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Thursday’s data exposed some of that underlying fragility.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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The shift isn’t merely spatial but symbolic, representing what Yeon sees as the precariousness of human civilization itself.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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But the Damascene realization regarding the precariousness of American manufacturing that followed spurred a flurry of activity in Washington—as well as among nations that balked at an authoritarian superpower effectively having a permanent kill switch over their industrial output.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
21 Apr. 2026
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Too many women experience a lack of transportation and childcare, insufficient language assistance, financial insecurity, inflexible appointment availability, separation of physical and behavioral health services, and lack of post-delivery follow-up.—
Mary C. Mayhew,
Sun Sentinel,
4 June 2026
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Massachusetts’ decarbonization plans, not oil and gas companies or federal policies, are responsible for inviting energy insecurity and higher energy costs.—
Jennifer Nassour,
Boston Herald,
4 June 2026
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Analysts also questioned the geopolitical situation, particularly in the Middle East, where sales have been affected by broader regional instability, but Garcia Tapia stressed that the impact has been contained after early closures at the start of the Iran war.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
3 June 2026
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In the case of the inner binary in TIC 295741342, that would result in a zone of instability out to an orbital period of 19 days, which is still pretty close to the binary stars.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
3 June 2026
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With a daintiness at odds with its 120 kilos, the bear extricates its wrist from the tie and calmly takes its leave.—
Ganesh Marín,
The Dial,
7 Oct. 2025
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Unlike dizziness — which causes lightheadedness or unsteadiness — vertigo feels more like spinning.—
Lindsey Bever,
Washington Post,
27 May 2026
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Those dates were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and later canceled following Dion's 2022 diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that includes rigidity and stiffness of certain areas of the body, causing unsteadiness, slower movements and difficulties walking.—
Shafiq Najib,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Insubstantiality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insubstantiality. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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