stoicism

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Recent Examples of stoicism Hüller was overwhelmed by the praise at the Palais, her trademark stoicism breaking as the crowd saluted her moments of emotional abandon — including a tearjerker of a long-distance phone call and an explosion of rage at her narcissistic patriarch. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 May 2026 Those reservations have been blown up by the bombastic presence of Alcaraz combined with Sinner’s stoicism, a synergy seen in full force at Roland Garros last year. José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026 Finally, Jack's stoicism and apparent resistance to joining Ralph and the rest of the boys also differentiated, since the book details how all of the boys were emotional upon being rescued. Staff Author, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026 When a public person — especially a male athlete presumed to be steeped in a culture that encourages stoicism — opens up about mental health, the initial disclosures are largely lauded as acts of bravery. Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stoicism
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Noun
  • Spain’s talisman was Lamine Yamal, its nineteen-year-old right winger, who plays the game with bleached tips, implausible speed, and nonchalance, but its superego was Rodri, the team’s central midfielder and captain.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • But in the era of dating apps − essentially another form of social media − the nonchalance with which so many approach dating has gotten out of hand.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • The disregard for women’s sports is not a new struggle for anyone who has followed or fought for women’s sports before.
    Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The current charge against Comey, in short, relies on a tendentious interpretation of an innocuous term combined with a disregard for the First Amendment in order to gin up charges against a man Trump has been targeting openly for nearly a decade.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • The key to not looking too bundled up is to add a layer that offsets the casualness of the others.
    Christina Perrier, InStyle, 30 July 2026
  • Now my mother and I sometimes talk about Hương; never directly, but with a casualness that, too, seems like a gift.
    Thao Thai, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
Noun
  • Was there a kind of indifference — not cold, but settled — in which nothing felt particularly more significant because an end was coming?
    Sai Rajagopal, STAT, 4 Aug. 2026
  • As past and present echo through the mountains, human encroachment and indifference threaten to erase their unique spirit, and his story becomes a reflection of an age-old, unequal struggle.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Bates was charged in Lake Superior Court with a felony count of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, a misdemeanor count of criminal recklessness and a misdemeanor count of public intoxication.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Shrum has been charged with battery by means of a deadly weapon and criminal recklessness committed with a deadly weapon, according to online court records reviewed by PEOPLE.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Stoicism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoicism. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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