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Recent Examples of spiritedness
As this sequence plays out, the social fabric further shreds and unravels; trust circles shrink and become ever more homogeneous; and hostility, mean spiritedness, and a general hardening take hold in society.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 May 2026
This is a year for ensuring that your personal style reflects your spiritedness, heart, and creative eye.
—Maressa Brown, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
Alvarez took to this culture of free-spiritedness.
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 May 2026
This is a year for ensuring that your personal style reflects your spiritedness, heart, and creative eye.
—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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In the stands at matches, Ivory Coast fans are known for their ebullience and spirited support.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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She’s lived in Manhattan for twenty years, but still speaks of New York with a new arrival’s ebullience.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Noun
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And in their eagerness to join the adult world, connect with friends, and watch their favorite YouTube videos, today’s kids, from toddlers to tweens, are almost universally interested in getting their hands on a smartphone of their own.—
Stephanie Ganz,
Parents,
15 June 2026
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Splitter made an impression on the Bulls front office with his ability and eagerness to develop young talent.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
Noun
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More than one million workers participate, but enthusiasm fades during the Great Depression, signaling that such ownership is fragile without worker protections.—
Mary Josephs,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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And when the winning starts, the enthusiasm can leap at record speed.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Noun
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Through their final moments, too, these butterflies maintain an unusual vivacity.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
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Not to make too much of what is a relatively small (though not insignificant) role, but Jude’s anomalous casting as Malia’s Marcus Aurelius-quoting, crane operator dad does carry with it a current of eccentric vivacity that the rest of the film sorely lacks.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Ammonites used the chambers in their shells to control buoyancy, much like the modern nautilus.—
Torben Rick,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
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To reduce pressure on the soft seafloor, engineers added a huge block of foam to the heavy collector to give it some buoyancy.—
Harry Stevens,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Wine-Coca conduces to mental activity and clearness, prevents fatigue and exhaustion, brings cheerfulness and sweet refreshing sleep.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
29 May 2026
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This kind of optimism and cheerfulness can make leaders more empathetic and pleasant to work with, partly because psychology research finds that positive moods increase helping, generosity and interpersonal understanding.—
Aditya Simha,
The Conversation,
7 May 2026
Noun
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This element not only delivers plush cushioning but also retains energy for a certain kind of springiness that kicks fatigue to the curb.—
Oscar Hartzog,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
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The researchers, however, did not find meaningful improvements in post-exercise muscle recovery, soreness or tendon mechanical properties (strength, springiness and stretch resistance).—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Housing and homelessness is another key issue in Los Angeles, with voters expressing a keenness for it to be tackled.—
Tiago Ventura,
Time,
9 June 2026
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Barcelona and Bayern’s keenness to acquire him underlines both the paucity of the top-level winger market, as well as his own unique characteristics.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Spiritedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritedness. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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