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Noun
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Perfect for a day at the office, the style offers all the dressiness of leather loafers with none of the stuffiness.—
Amina Ayoud,
Glamour,
3 Sep. 2025 -
Many equate an omakase restaurant with stuffiness and outrageous prices.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Saturn’s shift back into your sign back on the 1st will have added a layer of seriousness to this whole process, urging you to take responsibility for your path and your patterns.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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This is a testament to the passion and seriousness with which so many professors approach their work as teachers (and, also, to the genuine curiosity and ambition of their students).—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Starchiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starchiness. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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