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Recent Examples of spiritedness
This is a year for ensuring that your personal style reflects your spiritedness, heart, and creative eye.
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Maressa Brown, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
Alvarez took to this culture of free-spiritedness.
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Maressa Brown, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
Alvarez took to this culture of free-spiritedness.
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiritedness
Noun
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Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper’s Beadle Bamford, the judge’s henchman, has a malicious ebullience all his own.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Those in Roosevelt’s orbit invariably commented on the twenty-sixth president’s unusual energy if not ebullience.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Take advantage of Coverland’s eagerness to get into your driveway and score a cover or two at a nice and substantial discount.—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
19 Feb. 2026
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By the fall, individual field offices, in their eagerness to fulfill the Administration’s wider mission, were beginning to arrest not just green-card applicants but asylum seekers who were showing up for administrative hearings and biometrics appointments.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This year, with a bumper crop of the strange parrot’s favorite berries prompting a rare enthusiasm for mating, those working to save the birds hope for a record number of chicks in February, which would move the kakapo closer to defying what was not long ago believed to be certain extinction.—
Charlotte Graham-McLay,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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That includes the films' cast, who have shared near-unanimous enthusiasm at the prospect of returning for a Mamma Mia 3.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Somehow, though, none of this really detracts from the minute-to-minute joys of a series so distinct in its characterizations, forward-looking in its plotting, and willing to prioritize vivacity and gratification.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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But the variety and vivacity of these dozen tracks, all created on an old-school hardware setup, are proof that Cahl Sel doesn’t lack for ideas of his own.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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From the outset, Euphonic Sounds presents itself as a spinning teacup ride, owing as much to Ragger’s gonzo instrumentation as the music’s natural buoyancy.—
Aly Eleanor,
Pitchfork,
19 Feb. 2026
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The ensemble’s playful insouciance maintains the production’s buoyancy.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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His cheerfulness and laughter often brought strength and refreshment to me in difficult times.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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Raines replied, her usual cheerfulness stepping up a notch.—
Rebecca Boone,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Alongside the proteins, the crunch of the egg roll and springiness of the noodles made the bowl texturally playful.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
27 Nov. 2025
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The pleasures of chewy textures are on better display in a shallow bowl of trofie, teeny-tiny handmade pasta twists cooked to a lovely springiness.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
21 Sep. 2025
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The keenness of my letdown was dismaying.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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The talks signal keenness by both countries to maintain regular communication, The Wall Street Journal said.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Spiritedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritedness. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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