as in vigorousness
the quality or state of having abundant or intense activity
the sprightliness of the young girl made us tired just watching her
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Noun
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That’s about the same brightness as Polaris, the North Star, the 48th brightest star in the night sky.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025 -
The large 27-inch screen has a dreamy 5K resolution—an uncommon combo, hence the steep price—and hits 600 nits of brightness.—
Brenda Stolyar,
Wired News,
9 May 2025
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The frenetic pace of domestic migration, and to a lesser extent, foreign in-migration, during the early 2020s boosted demand in the multifamily space and created exuberance on the supply side, particularly in the Sunbelt.—
Roger Valdez,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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On April 21, gold prices soared past an unprecedented $3,400 per ounce—a psychological and material threshold that speaks volumes not about market exuberance, but about collective dread.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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Thirdly, more residents downtown means more vitality, plain and simple.—
Belal Aftab,
Mercury News,
13 May 2025
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Dagoberto Gilb, who explores the vitality of Mexican culture in the American Southwest through A Passing West: Essays from the Borderlands, took home the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay.—
Chris Barilla,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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Represented by the red circle in the animation above (the symbols approximate the dominant color in the silks of each horse’s jockey), Swiss Skydiver was just the sixth filly, or female, to win the Preakness.—
Annie Jennemann,
Baltimore Sun,
6 May 2025
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Adding a border, animation, or resizing behavior is just as simple.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 May 2025
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“Sprightliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprightliness. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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