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Recent Examples of stoically
Hall’s Deandra was more stoically withdrawn in nature.
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Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
The prospect of such soothing by the central bank helped investors bear the pain of the jobs report stoically.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
And in that way there is something especially stoically British that continues to resonate with American fans as well as the home country followers that flocked over here for an additional dose.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
As the kids and grandma sat stoically, the shock etched across their worn eyes, the mother and father relayed how they were extremely torn whether to stay or to leave.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
The prospect of such soothing by the central bank helped investors bear the pain of the jobs report stoically.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
And in that way there is something especially stoically British that continues to resonate with American fans as well as the home country followers that flocked over here for an additional dose.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
As the kids and grandma sat stoically, the shock etched across their worn eyes, the mother and father relayed how they were extremely torn whether to stay or to leave.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoically
Adverb
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One play after hitting Mims, Nix calmly stepped up as pressure arrived and led running back Tyler Badie for an 11-yard catch-and-run.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Wall Street opened relatively calmly Wednesday, some nine-and-a-half hours into the shutdown.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Every frame is flat, overlit and lovely, like watching footage from somebody’s Italian vacation shot indifferently on an iPhone.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
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Time flowed past indifferently above us; hours and days had no meaning.—
Garth Greenwell,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Yet somehow, Congress blithely ignores this demand, and overall congressional legislation for gun safety rarely advances.—
John J. Donohue,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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As his profile began to grow on Grand Cayman, Santor became known for securing the best tables at restaurants and riding a scooter through island traffic, blithely ignoring suggestions to put on a helmet.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Here guests can start their day with a quiet breakfast, return for a cocktail in the evening, or gather casually with locals.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
29 Sep. 2025
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Last November, the pair made headlines when Stewart lightly pushed Barrymore — who was casually petting her shoulder — away from her during a conversation about relationships on the latter's talk show.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Yet the movie shows no struggle, no introspection, but, rather, a nonchalantly reasonable ability to drop his stash into a garbage can and walk away.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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One by one, Kudrow and Cox nonchalantly entered through the apartment door wielding their own scripts, but, fed-up with the premise, the women rolled their eyes and exited together.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Where rookie pilots panicked in battle, Gabreski functioned like a robot, dispassionately following the instructions laid out in his military flight manuals.—
Angus Fletcher,
Big Think,
29 Sep. 2025
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Taking a traditional approach, studying players dispassionately and from a distance, treating them like assets, won’t do.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Monitor the plant and water lightly as necessary to keep the soil from drying out completely.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
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Upon studying the video, Berrios found Chapman was gripping the ball too lightly, not applying enough tension around the seams.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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No Mob boss, cheerfully decreeing that an inconvenient witness be rubbed out, could be more resolute.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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On a good day, the Undervale houses maybe two living human guests and at least a couple dozen haunts of all demographics, time periods and modes of death — including the brother Katherine inherited it all from, the cheerfully feckless Nathan (Will Forte).—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Stoically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoically. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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