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Only a small percentage of college stars will ever play professionally, and an even tinier number will become wealthy, but the fate of the vast majority of student-athletes is a matter of indifference to the predatory NCAA.—
Guy Lawson,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2025 -
Danes display a curious indifference toward Greenlanders.—
Morten Høi Jensen,
The Dial,
19 June 2025
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But the other pole, blithe unconcern, carries its own dangers.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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Not ten feet away, a man moved his bowels beside a street near Union Square, while pedestrians passed him with the unconcern of people already elsewhere, émigrés to a pixelated country beyond the reach of others’ desperation.—
Andrew Kay,
Harpers Magazine,
28 May 2025
Noun
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The severity of water spots varies depending on your local water hardness.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 June 2025
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The hardness of seats, even those that recline flat into a bed, is a common pain point for many customers on long-haul flights.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
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As to these particular colleagues, Miss Manners would have no trouble treating them with a professional aloofness.—
Judith Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2025
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Hogan was known for his intense focus, privacy, and aloofness.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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“Stiffness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stiffness. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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