as in impassivity
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Noun
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No self-pity in those four words, no performance of stoicism either—just the clean arithmetic of a life lived at full speed.—
Outside,
Outside,
10 Feb. 2026 -
The young monarch is thought to have spent an hour alone before taking up her duties with the unfailing stoicism that would come to define her historic reign.—
Hope Coke,
Vanity Fair,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Let’s choose forgiveness over judgement, kindness over indifference, and bridges to one another instead of walls.—
Chick Pritchard,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
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In October 2025, she was handed a life sentence, the court noting her indifference to the consequences of her actions.—
Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Its narrator performs a hazy nonchalance toward death and redemption.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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Fans reminded Mendes that her significant other is in fact a Hollywood stud, despite her nonchalance to the fact.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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For here was a gay man doomed by his failure to recognize that the courtroom was a different kind of stage, one where flamboyant insouciance would bring disaster rather than applause.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Both arrived at Oxford with the insouciance of privilege, having been privately educated at exclusive institutions, Down at Charterhouse School (Thackeray, Vaughan Williams) and Kay at King’s College School, Wimbledon (Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Walter Sickert).—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The book’s occasional oases of self-examination are surrounded by dusty expanses of omission and unconcern.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
13 Dec. 2025
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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
Noun
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The service The staff does an excellent job of balancing the refinement of a luxurious resort with a sense of casualness.—
Asonta Benetti,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Jan. 2026
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Hunter saw the logic in Ake’s casualness, which as the head of a learning institution projects a warmth and informality that brings her down to earth for her unseasoned cadets.—
Scott Huver,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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To this one can readily add ICE agents’ violations of constitutional restrictions on the use of force, breaches of their own use-of-force policies when confronting protesters, and the unconstitutional disregard of Fourth Amendment warrant restrictions.—
Paul Rosenzweig,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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Outraged over such disregard for safety, even those who had held uneasy friendships with King cut him off.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In just the last week, two men had fainted from heat stroke, and another had coughed up a smear of bloody phlegm.—
Kanak Kapur,
New Yorker,
28 Dec. 2025
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Symptoms may include: irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat; coughing; phlegm; chest tightness; and shortness of breath.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Stolidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stolidity. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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