as in earnestness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling
studied the dance steps with obvious intentness
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Noun
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Even if the earnestness is genuine, Véliz worries that the use of religious terminology and imagery around AI—deliberately or not—can make honest conversation harder to have.—
Chris Stokel-Walker,
Scientific American,
26 May 2026 -
The earnestness of the Islanders was meant to be offset by the humor of production.—
Anna Peele,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Hiker was 'telling jokes' during rescue Gullen lauded the man for maintaining a positive attitude throughout the ordeal, despite low energy and the gravity of the situation.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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The bomber leg also includes nuclear gravity bombs such as the B61 family.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 May 2026
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The Japanese investor, who was used to fielding similar inquiries from company leaders, was intrigued by an approach made directly by a head of state and started reviewing the matter in earnest.—
Benoit Berthelot,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
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Curtis began acting in earnest in the 1980s.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
30 May 2026
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The work to preserve our government requires secrecy and seriousness.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
31 May 2026
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How ‘Clean Slate’ laws work States have a legal process in which people can petition the courts to seal or expunge old arrests or convictions, depending on the seriousness of the offense and after a certain period of time.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
Noun
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As his own self-celebration has fizzled, a void has opened between the scheduled roster of events and the true purpose and meaning of the solemnity of July 4, 2026.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2026
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All the secrecy and almost solemnity added to the anticipation of a launch that was five years in the making.—
Charlotte Reed,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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But Pressure is less a war story, rapt with the hysteria of battlefield deeds, than an intense exposition on the human capacity to tolerate uncertainty at a time when decisiveness is an imperative for action.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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The encounter is ostensibly intended to demonstrate the kind of ruthless decisiveness that Eisenhower would have needed in wartime.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
26 May 2026
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Yet his playing had an otherworldly serenity that contrasted with Williams’s gentle purposefulness.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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This month also reconnects you with a sense of purposefulness.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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In a statement, his attorney Anna Geigle with the Denver law firm Geigle Morales, said Allen is deeply grateful for the jury’s hard work and attentiveness.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
28 May 2026
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Nolan’s attentiveness to his characters extends beyond the page.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
12 May 2026
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“Intentness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intentness. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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