raptness

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Noun
  • After three hours of public comments and discussion June 4, the planning commission voted in favor of seeking more information from the Department of the Interior, which submitted the application.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 5 June 2026
  • Hermeus's Quarterhorse aircraft is still pushing the supersonic flight envelope, but the US Department of Defense is already so keen on the concept that it's awarded the company US$159 million to explore the military applications of the technology.
    David Szondy June 04, New Atlas, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Now, her portrayal of Zosia, the hive mind emissary sent to cajole Rhea Seehorn’s Carol into joining the world’s collective consciousness in Vince Gilligan’s Apple TV sci-fi tale of a happiness apocalypse, has stirred up Emmy buzz.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 31 May 2026
  • The subsequent collapse has not reached the public consciousness, perhaps because the numbers of asylum seekers on small boats — the most visible, and to some voters least palatable, form of migration — remain stable.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Beyond the practical considerations like stadium sites and financing, experts say the MLB will also examine cities’ demographics and corporate presence.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
  • That’s becoming a more expensive consideration because AI tabs are starting to rack up.
    Jake Angelo, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • The New World screwworm had been declared eradicated in the US decades ago, thanks to efforts such as the breeding of sterile flies, awareness campaigns and efforts to control the pest in foreign countries.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
  • But in those cases and others, the defendants took concrete steps that demonstrated their sincerity and conscious awareness of the threatening nature of their speech.
    Wayne Unger, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • While Liden’s displacement and depersonalization of private property in Unheimlich Manöver could be perceived as the inversion of Darboven’s cocooning, the artists share a preoccupation with the silent speech of objects and with language as a spatial entity.
    Erika Landström, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Getting even has been a lifelong preoccupation.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • In fact, while bitcoin’s been in a price slump, the stock market has notched several all-time record highs and capital is rotating elsewhere as investors chase the chip rally and their obsession with AI infrastructure grows.
    Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 4 June 2026
  • Interest in the author’s life can curdle into obsession, as in Henry James’s The Aspern Papers, in which the narrator embraces any deception necessary to acquire the letters of a dead poet.
    Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Notwithstanding the administration’s fixation with coal, solar remains by far the fastest-growing source of new electricity generation in the country.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 4 June 2026
  • His fixation on tech helped him in his career path; his collection grew tremendously throughout.
    Zuri Primos June 3, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
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“Raptness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raptness. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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