as in impassivity
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Noun
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Kashiwada-san’s face is a masterpiece of stoicism.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2025 -
Scott Dyson, the owner of Competition Music at 3136 E. Lancaster Ave., possesses a stoicism and dry sense of humor that are assets to a man running a business in the neighborhood.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Fortunately, the bear’s indifference is aided in part by responsible wildlife viewing.—
Susan Portnoy,
AFAR Media,
3 Oct. 2025
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In public, Mark Kerr speaks amiably about his trainer turned rival and even takes him along for a rowdy impromptu meet-and-greet, but the lack of friction comes off less as a sign of his unflappability than of Safdie’s indifference to probing a friendship beyond buddy-comedy depth.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Federico Marchetti, the Italian fashion entrepreneur, is a master of sprezzatura—the courtier’s art of cloaking ambition and cunning in an air of guileless nonchalance.—
John Seabrook,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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That kind of perfect nonchalance for the street and the occasion.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Birkin projected just this sort of youthful insouciance.—
Anahid Nersessian,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Victoria Mboko is only 18 years old, but presents more insouciance than innocence on the court.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Whatever the reason, Maxwell’s strength and the shark’s apparent unconcern put one of Maxwell’s friends in danger.—
Donald Millus,
Outdoor Life,
3 July 2025
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But the other pole, blithe unconcern, carries its own dangers.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
Noun
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So break with tradition and go for a look that perfectly combines elegance and casualness with a playful print and your favorite baseball hat.—
Nils Doose,
Glamour,
5 Oct. 2025
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Erewhon’s signature SoCal casualness has been traded for Ivy League formality, complete with a dress code warning.—
Oren Peleg,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the build-up to this scene, Jordan has a clash with the head of student life about their gender identity, and the school’s intentional disregard of their experience and language around it.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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Businessmen and revolutionaries alike tended to disregard borders.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The second is having either 10 or more pack years of smoking, or symptoms of cough, phlegm and trouble breathing.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
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Diagnosis of Legionnaires’ disease is made via chest X-ray, urine test and lab analysis of a phlegm sample.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Stolidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stolidity. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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