lightheartedness

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Noun
  • Early James, a 31-year-old Troy, Alabama native, makes folksy blues music that seems best suited for stoking anarchy while soothing reckless abandon.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 28 June 2025
  • The takeaway: Reckless abandon is not the way to survive a season.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • But that still didn’t make up for the abandonment felt by a town whose rhythms for generations revolved around regular papal visits.
    Dario Artale, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
  • Now 18, the Ethiopia native who was adopted by the Bevins in 2012 and filed for an emergency protective order earlier this month is seeking long-term protective orders against them over his allegations of abuse and abandonment.
    Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • It was never built, because understanding dolphin language was never a research priority, but the whole project just feels very 1970s in its inspiration and enthusiasm.
    Eva Amsen, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • Crucially for Spurs, that enthusiasm in possession doesn’t wane without it.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Even when the mock-gaming generated an oldie that Halsey had never sung live before, it was sung impeccably, without visible aid from prompters — proving, once again, that nothing goes further in allowing spontaneity to flourish than oodles of preparation.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 9 July 2025
  • Surely, Spielberg’s belief in chaos is only philosophical: Nothing like spontaneity is going to interrupt this large system’s march to a half-billion-dollar worldwide gross.
    David Denby, Vulture, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • Global visitors can experience the richness, warmth and diversity of U.S. destinations and people.
    Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Her warmth and humor and affection stayed hidden behind a wall of invulnerability.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Furthermore, parallel to these efforts being the means to improve performance and profitability, many of these initiatives are important incentives for employees to maintain a sense of normalcy and zeal for their careers.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • The zeal of the 1979 revolution is still visible on the tables of the Den of Spies, in the papers true believers re-assembled strand-by-strand.
    Karl Vick, Time, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • The same spirit that saved my education, that ensures your holiday package arrives on time, could be written out of the equation altogether.
    Shekar Natarajan, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • The fun-loving spirit of the shimmery product was captured in the punky campaign, inspired by the 2012 thriller in which Gomez starred alongside Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine and James Franco.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 8 July 2025
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“Lightheartedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightheartedness. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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