shallowness

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Recent Examples of shallowness The resulting film is equal parts shaggy, quixotic road movie and Malickian spiritual ponderance, gazing at the celestial patterns above while also too drunk on them to see the shallowness of their promise. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shallowness
Noun
  • These findings show that dissatisfaction on dating apps reflects a systemic issue where superficiality and inflated expectations dominate the online dating landscape.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • While Dorothy is flattered by the attention from a successful writer, her roommates, Blanche Devereaux (Rue McLanahan) and Rose Nylund (Betty White), are turned off by Barbara's arrogance and superficiality.
    Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Fortune has chronicled Swift’s elevation to billionaire status, noting Bloomberg’s estimate anchored in catalog value, touring/merch, streaming, and real estate—framed as a rare case of an entertainer reaching the mark primarily through music and performance.
    Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Canales opted to go with practice-squad elevation Brandon Walton in the first half before rolling with Brady Christensen thereafter.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In an interview with Flow Space, pro runner D’Amato shares five lessons about finding joy in midlife by taking on new challenges—and battling the fear, doubt, and failure that come with the desire to reach new heights.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The widest tree in Indiana, according to the registry, is a Silver Maple in Lawrence County with a circumference of 361 inches and a height of 103 feet.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There is, however, a region in its atmosphere at an altitude of over 31 miles (50 kilometers), where the temperature and pressure are almost Earth-like.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The local controller was distracted, the report said, talking to another air traffic control facility about the wrong altitude assigned to a different departing aircraft.
    Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There was a display of books about him in various languages, selected to make Castro seem like a figure of global stature.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • While the offense for Houston will likely run differently and potentially, less smoothly, the defense could be even better without VanVleet's small stature providing a key mismatch.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Shallowness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shallowness. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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