as in sense
the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
most teenagers do not have the mentality to foresee the consequences of such risky behavior
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Recent Examples of mentality
Westbrook couldn’t love that mentality more.
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Companies embracing this new mentality will thrive financially and cultivate cultures where care is quantifiable and every life moment is truly supported.
—Anant Agarwal, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Neither was his mentality for aggressive hitting in the clutch.
—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 1 Sep. 2025
In recent years, the foundation has grown to support various causes representing the lunch pail mentality.
—Christina Daves, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Companies embracing this new mentality will thrive financially and cultivate cultures where care is quantifiable and every life moment is truly supported.
—Anant Agarwal, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Neither was his mentality for aggressive hitting in the clutch.
—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 1 Sep. 2025
In recent years, the foundation has grown to support various causes representing the lunch pail mentality.
—Christina Daves, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mentality
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mentality
Noun
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This has for decades been underpinned by voluntary pricing agreements — voluntary in the sense that non-voluntary terms would have been worse — between the industry and the NHS.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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There is no sense of responsibility or critical assessment of the causes of the refusal to publish in Israel while the massacre continues.—
Uriel Kon
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Would any self-respecting show really risk insulting the viewer’s intelligence so flagrantly?—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Tariff anxieties continue to weigh on family office deal-making, which sunk in August by nearly 50% on a year-over-year basis, according to the private wealth intelligence platform.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His daughter mirrored his parvenue of a wife, a woman beneath him not in station but rather in intellect, someone easily affected and prone to childlike ideas.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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This survey does not measure intellect.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Whatever the reason behind the tradition may be, Swift and Mahomes were all smiles in the Dirty 30 photo as the WAGS prepare to head into football season together and cheer on the Kansas City Chiefs.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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For those reasons and more, Rohl’s signing on a season-long loan, with a €20million obligation provided Everton avoid relegation, is intriguing.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Mentality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mentality. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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