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as in blank
not expressing any emotion
the butler responded to the duchess's constant demands with stolid indifference
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as in stoic
not feeling or showing emotion
the actor's turn as a stolid, impersonal bureaucrat was an interesting departure from his more impassioned roles
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Recent Examples of stolid
Left wing-progressives, once skeptical of the status quo, have become stolid guardians of institutions, while right-wing conservatives – once champions of prudence – are tearing down fences.
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Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
Blink Twice nods at a tangle of different contemporary ailments: lifestyle fetishism, wellness hedonism, our obscene fealty to stolid tech bros and their untrammeled wealth.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Allies say Starmer’s stolid exterior hides a steely ambition and a determination to win.
—Jill Lawless, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
Chris is young and eager to impress; Duncan, who’s being reluctantly put out to pasture after this last mission, is jokey and irreverent (not a stretch for Harrelson); and Dave is ultra-serious, conveying authority through his stolid demeanor.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
Blink Twice nods at a tangle of different contemporary ailments: lifestyle fetishism, wellness hedonism, our obscene fealty to stolid tech bros and their untrammeled wealth.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Allies say Starmer’s stolid exterior hides a steely ambition and a determination to win.
—Jill Lawless, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
Chris is young and eager to impress; Duncan, who’s being reluctantly put out to pasture after this last mission, is jokey and irreverent (not a stretch for Harrelson); and Dave is ultra-serious, conveying authority through his stolid demeanor.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stolid
Adjective
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One tactic to deal with lower demand and softer rates could be blank sailings.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Schauffele, the stoic American leader, calmly clapped out of respect.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The most devastating moments come when the anguished player gives way to the smiling father and the stoic partner.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But the most spectacular aspect of Nuestra Tierra may be its use of drone camerawork, and the way Martel uses the unsettling stillness of a drone as the eye of an impassive god, looking down at the wrongs carried out by those on the ground.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
23 Sep. 2025
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There are also plenty of promotional materials dating from the building’s launch, and in one video clip, Kurokawa sells the merits of the building to an impassive audience of smoking businessmen.—
Anthony Paletta,
Curbed,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Bale ran to the corner of the pitch, and, having been an expressionless bystander for much of the evening, shouted in ecstasy.—
Hua Hsu,
The New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2022
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The company poured $10 billion into its Reality Labs division last year, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was criticized last week after posting a selfie that showed an expressionless version of his avatar in front of the Eiffel Tower.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
30 Aug. 2022
Adjective
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This brings a strange boy (Jade Croot) to their doorstep who draws them into an enigmatic realm where the line between reality and myth begins to blur.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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In writer-director Christian Ditter’s glossy take on the fantastical story about the preciousness of time, an enigmatic red-haired girl named Momo (Alexa Goodall) lives inside the amphitheater of an unnamed European city (perhaps closest in look to Rome).—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Hakam appeared motionless, as guests tended to him.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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The lengthy pre-copulation stage involved all three sharks motionless on the seafloor for nearly an hour, after which the female started swimming with one male shark biting onto each of her pectoral fins.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Ahead of this school year, MPS Superintendent Brenda Cassellius moved some central office staff to classroom teaching positions to fill vacant roles.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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After moving to the area with his family in 2022, proprietor Andrew Pearson saw an opportunity to bring a fine dining experience to a vacant restaurant space on Main Street.—
Brennan Long,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Stolid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stolid. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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