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Recent Examples of suavity
Cary Grant built a career on smirking suavity; Cate Blanchett has made an art form of falling apart with tragic intensity.
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Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
If Stone is rage incarnate, RZA, as Hutch’s samurai-sword-wielding brother, is pure Zen suavity.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
If Stone is rage incarnate, RZA, as Hutch’s samurai-sword-wielding brother, is pure Zen suavity.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suavity
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Ferrara’s arrival in New York City and subsequent entry into the movie business is presented as something like a case of recidivism, a dive from suburban gentility into the cauldron of steaming garbage that was Fun City–era Manhattan.—
Nick Pinkerton,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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But this was close to the borderline of gentility.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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Editor Agnès Bruckert’s patient cutting allows the film’s fairly audacious tonal shifts (from tentative rom-com to psychological excavation) to unfold with poise, reinforcing the sense that catastrophe and self-redefinition can coexist within the same breath.—
Catherine Bray,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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Upon arrival, the warmth and tranquility of the studio, coupled with Starr’s poise and inviting presence, put my mind at ease.—
Brianna J. Heath,
Essence,
27 Oct. 2025
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There’s a quixotic gallantry to appealing to a saner conservative and looking ahead to a post-Trump American politics.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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Queen Elizabeth later awarded Beaton the George's Cross, Britain’s highest civilian award for gallantry, for his role in saving her daughter’s life, and bestowed honors on Callender, as well as the other policemen and onlookers who intervened.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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For Ella, Mason handled the task of being a fish out of water as a woman from 1905 suddenly having to fit into the culture of 2025, with flawless charm and grace.—
Rebecca Angel Baer,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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Wearing a period-style blue-and-white outfit while sipping tea, Ripa embodied grace and charm in this chic costume alongside Seacrest’s take on Ted Lasso.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The aesthetic is defined by deep red and forest green tartans, warm lighting, elevated accents, and sophisticated dinnerware that evokes classic holiday charm with a polished Americana flair.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
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Into this pastoral scene of modern irrigation and baseball training sweeps Walter Matthau, driving a big, old, shambolic convertible, well past its prime but, like its driver, still possessing more than a bit of charm.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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But aside from the hard-hitting diplomacy, photographs released by the White House captured a rare candid moment between the two leaders.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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These overlapping vulnerabilities show why water governance is such a key issue for security, diplomacy and development.—
Pintu Kumar Mahla,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Heather, who normally is good at playing this game and tactful while making risky moves like this, seems to have had just enough to drink to lose that tact.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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Sure, this man might lack tact at times, but his baseball bona fides are undeniable.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Lufthansa also commissioned a study conducted by Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, which found the combination of dryness and low pressure also reduces the sensitivity of taste buds for both sweet and salty by 30 percent.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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Millions of Americans experience food sensitivities or allergies every year.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Suavity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suavity. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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