as in priggishness
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Noun
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The overall feel is social without pretense or stuffiness, unmistakably shaped by island life.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 Jan. 2026 -
While the town has a strong year-round community, these months offer the fullest version of its coastal energy—lively but still low-key, and easily accessible without Hamptons-style crowds or stuffiness.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Jan. 2026
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Yet behind his sternness lived a man of reflection and sensitivity, whose words and verses hinted at a gentleness rarely shown.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
13 Nov. 2025
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Happily, there are pleasures that precede this grimness.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2025
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Even in the grimness of war, the photographer manages to find beauty in his subjects.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
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In the years following Wallace’s death, this aura of saintliness likely derived from the combination of his moral seriousness as a fiction writer—his attunement to the heroism of private suffering and emotional endurance—and the fact of his premature end.—
Hermione Hoby,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Teshuva requires internal reflection, genuine remorse, and an acknowledgement of the seriousness of harm caused.—
Guila Benchimol,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2026
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