laid-backness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laid-backness
Noun
  • Bluesky also introduced age assurance checks to keep under-16s off its platform, according to Australia's eSafety Commissioner.
    Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 6 June 2026
  • Menšík, now 20, is 6 feet 5 inches with an imposing frame and pale blue eyes, and moves with a low-key self assurance that he is destined for big things.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Noun
  • Sincere desire is a thousand times stronger than self-confidence.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • Venus will eventually enter Leo, shifting your focus toward money, values and self-confidence.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • In a social media post on Monday, May 11, the nonprofit said the chicks' leg bones are maturing as both eaglets remain steady in their nest, standing and walking about with self-assurance.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • Her self-assurance has kept her armored against the backlash and backhanded compliments that have surfaced in some online discourse surrounding her music.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Too often families like the Hostlers have been met with indifference by local authorities.
    James C Ramos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
  • Combating antisemitism is a moral imperative — one rooted, for me, in personal history that makes indifference unthinkable.
    Austin Turner, CBS News, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • Driggers underwent 28 rounds of chemotherapy and radiation treatments and still has numbness in his feet and hands.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
  • Claudication that doesn’t improve, wounds that won’t heal, sudden severe swelling and new numbness all warrant a clinician visit.
    Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • Ganne, one of the most accomplished match-play players in the field, played with the poise of someone comfortable in the closing role.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
  • The Knicks are playing with more poise and more force and seem to have more scoring options.
    Joe Vardon, New York Times, 24 May 2026
Noun
  • The confidence was already rubbing off.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • If confidence, dogmatic beliefs, and undeniable talent were elixirs of life, Frank Lloyd Wright would be alive today, celebrating what would have been his 159th birthday.
    Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • Vincent pursues Jimmy like a homing missile, but the young man is jittery and restless in his own skin up against Jimmy’s shameless self-assuredness.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 May 2026
  • Thirteen years later, his distaste for the self-assuredness of tech leaders who reassured him all would be good seems prescient.
    Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
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“Laid-backness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laid-backness. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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