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Noun
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The flippancy with which these characters are made to bite the dust establishes the film’s combustible tone.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025 -
We’ve all been cast adrift in the cognitive dissonance between the visceral seriousness of the crime and the abject flippancy of the shooter, the brutality of the shooting and the memes reacting to Kirk’s bigoted views.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
18 Sep. 2025
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For the forgiving, these simulcasts have insights and frivolities each Monday.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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This May the Eleventh Circuit denied him relief from a $25,000 Tax Court frivolity penalty.—
Peter J Reilly,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Quick-witted, effortlessly funny, DePaul brought a lightheartedness to the table during a particularly dark point in the story.—
Dana Reboe,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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This is your green light to share, teach, write, or create with levity — all the intensity has prepared you to communicate with both fire and grace.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
5 Oct. 2025
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What better way to bring levity to a Minnesota Vikings team spending 10 days in Europe and recovering from a disastrous loss in Dublin than to bounce around the locker room with some questions about travel?—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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These findings show that dissatisfaction on dating apps reflects a systemic issue where superficiality and inflated expectations dominate the online dating landscape.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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While Dorothy is flattered by the attention from a successful writer, her roommates, Blanche Devereaux (Rue McLanahan) and Rose Nylund (Betty White), are turned off by Barbara's arrogance and superficiality.—
Jeremy Helligar,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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There were a lot of bold colors in the collections, transparency and lightness.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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The building has kept some of this lightness of feeling all these years later, smallish and airy, its multiple exits and entrances providing the possibility of spontaneity.—
Katie da Cunha Lewin
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Unseriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unseriousness. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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