as in tension
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Noun
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Savard wasn’t solely to blame for the woes of the power play before that, but his dismissal seemed to release some tension.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026 -
Intraparty tensions among Republicans have been evident, with a number of prominent lawmakers announcing plans to retire.—
Alicia Diaz,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Though that part of the bit didn't quite land, Storrie followed Williams out to the podium, shaking profusely from nerves of attending their first Globes.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Jan. 2026
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In this sense, these nerves behave in a very similar manner to biological pain responses.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
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That polling shows that, look, voters have a bit of wince or anxiousness about older candidates.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
10 Dec. 2025
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Even so, Teller’s chatty anxiousness does contrast well with Turner’s smoldering, confident melancholy.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
26 Nov. 2025
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Somehow, this new sensation emitted an awareness of the magnitude in which skateboarding would warp my life, which only ratcheted up the anxiety of blowing it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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The news this week that an ICE agent had shot and killed a woman in Minnesota heightened his anxiety.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Tenseness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenseness. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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