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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
Through that mentality, Malkin has broken about every stereotype about Russian players.
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Josh Yohe, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Build flexible supply chains and adopt a long-game mentality for market entry.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
That cleanliness mentality can also be used to monitor for lead paint.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 30 July 2025
Much like the fresh start mentality that accompanies the school year, this seasonal rhythm can include natural pest prevention as a key part of household wellness and preparation.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 29 July 2025
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Josh Yohe, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Build flexible supply chains and adopt a long-game mentality for market entry.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
That cleanliness mentality can also be used to monitor for lead paint.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 30 July 2025
Much like the fresh start mentality that accompanies the school year, this seasonal rhythm can include natural pest prevention as a key part of household wellness and preparation.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 29 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for mentality
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mentality
Noun
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In the most generous sense, that is what Palantir’s data analytics tools do: Allow users — mostly military and government agencies, but also private-sector companies — to better visualize large datasets.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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In that sense, how did your creative approach change going into this record versus records of the past?—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2025
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But typically, the Russian leader – a former intelligence officer with the Soviet Union’s security service, the KGB – uses translators to avoid speaking in English during diplomatic conversations.—
Katharina Krebs,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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The Trump administration paused intelligence sharing and weapons shipments to Ukraine after the incident.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
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This makes abundant sense since AGI will be on par with human intellect and presumably available 24/7 anywhere and anyplace.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Imagine if zombies were just humans who their intellect, but are also homicidal maniacs.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
24 July 2025
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There’s a reason the best legal templates in the startup world are clean, readable, and no more than a few pages long.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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This idea of people disappearing for various reasons became a motif –from the most historical, cruel examples to the daily life cases.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Mentality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mentality. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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