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Recent Examples of vividness
The social world seen through her lens—women riding bicycles, women playing tennis, women embracing one another—has an irresistible vividness.
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Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
And a great director could achieve a kind of vividness that is not yet available.
—William Earl, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Through the first-person narration of his protagonist, Nicholas, a teenager suddenly besieged by anxiety, Clune conveys with uncanny vividness what a panic attack feels like.
—Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
And a great director could achieve a kind of vividness that is not yet available.
—William Earl, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Through the first-person narration of his protagonist, Nicholas, a teenager suddenly besieged by anxiety, Clune conveys with uncanny vividness what a panic attack feels like.
—Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vividness
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Under the current setup, Amad has shown directness, assist threat and a willingness to get in behind the defence — attributes that translate well to FPL scoring.—
Abdul Rehman,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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However, treating this relationship transition with kindness, directness and respect is your responsibility.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026
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When did Kuminga start playing with incisiveness, with an eye for not just a clean, defense-breaking pass, but the pass after that, as well?—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Deploying the Englishman in a high-and-wide wing-back role can give Madrid more incisiveness and quality on the opposite side, allowing Mbappe, Vinicius Jr and Bellingham to overload the left flank.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
17 Aug. 2025
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Her question, in Lipe-Smith’s inquisitive piccolo of a voice, is heartbreaking in its blend of straightforwardness and desperate desire, as is her mother’s wavering response.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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That plainness, though, adds to the sense that Death in the Family isn’t packing in unnecessary frills, just conveying what happened and following the facts.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Mickela Mallozzi dances with the same fervor that Anthony Bourdain brought to eating, that Sam Brown brings to vacationing, and that Rick Steves brings to doing Europe on a shoestring.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Jan. 2026
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The fervor over the company in 2021, which sent the struggling video retailer’s stock up 2,700%, was inspired in part by hedge funds and retail investors’ understanding that the company was growing obsolete.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Antiques layered into a comfortable, practical palette help strike the balance between austerity and warmth.—
Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2026
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However, 2023 research from Emotion demonstrates that when people receive positive responses — such as warmth, affirmation or approval — their brains treat it as a reward.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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In this sense, thinking is less about eloquence or computation per se, and more about the ability to build internal models of the world and run them forward, whether to solve a problem, make a judgment, imagine a possibility, or simply navigate reality with some sense of direction.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk’s own commentary works with tacit eloquence through such parallels and contrasts.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
21 Nov. 2025
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One filmmaker who did mention AI did so with stridency.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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But such readings can hardly account for the urgency, and occasional stridency, of le Carré’s post-Cold War novels.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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“Vividness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vividness. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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