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Recent Examples of melancholia
All the same, Cronenberg gives the material an appropriately wintry melancholia, while coaxing an iconically intense (and quotable!) performance from his star, Christopher Walken.
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
There is also some melancholia into becoming the early-20th century version of being caught in an undesired viral moment.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
The cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich contended that the existence of mass festivals can be a tonic for grievous states of melancholia and widespread disenchantment.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
In many ways, Landman is the chillest entry in the Sheridan-verse, which is typically packed with violence, melancholia, and dudely grouchiness.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
There is also some melancholia into becoming the early-20th century version of being caught in an undesired viral moment.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
The cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich contended that the existence of mass festivals can be a tonic for grievous states of melancholia and widespread disenchantment.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
In many ways, Landman is the chillest entry in the Sheridan-verse, which is typically packed with violence, melancholia, and dudely grouchiness.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melancholia
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Lacy’s new music maintains his sly sense of humor, but with a barefaced melancholy that pushes it to new emotional depths.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug. 2025
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More often than not, the film’s nostalgia is sweet and enjoyable because it is paired with the melancholy that comes from all the acknowledgments of the actors from the original who died over the last 29 years.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
30 July 2025
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Because what's the legacy of your mother was killed by your father, who then, in a fit of self-pity and fear, killed himself?—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The question felt more confrontational than self-pitying.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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Despite his dejection, Adam Fox had reason for hope.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Ferran is just as compelling when such vibrancy and vitality gives way to dejection and disharmony as her aspiring writing career grinds to a halt and her health starts to deteriorate.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
2 May 2025
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On the OpenAI community forums and Reddit, long-time chatters are expressing sorrow at losing access to models like GPT-4o.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
8 Aug. 2025
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As images of starving children in Gaza continue to circulate and the international outcry grows louder, a number of American rabbis used their pulpits to speak up about the humanitarian crisis, some with sorrow, others with moral urgency, and many with a sense that silence was no longer tenable.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
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While this may be cause for near-term volatility, the July jobs report wasn’t all doom and gloom.—
Jeffrey Schulze,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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But even amidst all the doom and gloom, Pattinson shines, slathering on the black eyeliner and moping around to Nirvana.—
Devan Coggan,
EW.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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In their statements, Bono and The Edge pointed to lessons that the Irish people have taken from a history of oppression and occupation.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
11 Aug. 2025
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Sociologist Joshua Bloom argues that he was successfully pushed by Black activists who fought the oppression of Black Americans as part of a larger global anti-colonial struggle.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
1 Aug. 2025
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Following a lengthy hiatus and a period of mourning, the Grammy-winning hard rock outfit reformed with new members, hoping to continue the legacy that Bennington helped start.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The council additionally issued a two-day state of mourning in response to the tragedy, per a statement shared on Aug. 9.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Melancholia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melancholia. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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