spiritedness

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Noun
  • Palantir delivered blockbuster quarterly earnings on Monday that topped analyst estimates and sent CEO Alex Karp’s trademark ebullience into overdrive, even if the company’s stock didn’t follow along for the ride.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Brazilian photojournalists on either side, both women, hugged me in an eruption of ebullience in the Lumière.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Tilting your head toward another person indicates attentiveness and eagerness.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Expectations for the Pelicans were higher than usual this season, especially with Williamson coming into the season in phenomenal shape and sharing his eagerness to work with the new head of basketball operations, Joe Dumars.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Experts in the field of veteran care share Worthington’s enthusiasm.
    Adam Stone, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
  • November 11, 2025 Chinese consumers were once flooded with enthusiasm over Valentine’s Day, the unofficial Cyber-Valentine’s Day (520) and tradition-rich Qixi.
    Yiling Pan, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The city’s vivacity and cultural richness are a constant source of inspiration and the reason for Farm Rio’s existence—the brand was founded here in 1997—and its signature colorful tropical prints.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Russell giggled, awed by her fellow-star’s vivacity, her easy embrace of glamour.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Vaquitas continued to be caught and unintentionally killed when fishers used these nets to target totoaba fish for their swim bladder—the part of a fish that regulates buoyancy—for sale in Chinese black markets.
    Ryan Green, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Trump has suggested buoyancy in the market (owing to analysts partially banking on the idea that tariffs won’t go ahead) is justification in itself to push ahead with the plans.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As Milchick, Tillman infused an unnerving cheerfulness into Lumon Industries’ macrodata refinement supervisor, a character who became increasingly central in Season 2.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Her vivacious attitude connects her with Aries (Stacey’s actual birthday is April 3) due to her fearlessness and cheerfulness in situations, no matter what is thrown at her.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Flicking not a result of fast actuation but of the natural compliance and springiness of the actuator.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2022
Noun
  • The talks signal keenness by both countries to maintain regular communication, The Wall Street Journal said.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Farke himself commented on Gray’s keenness to be at the front of May’s title celebrations, despite having contributed only five minutes on the pitch for the senior side.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Spiritedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritedness. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.

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