vividness

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Recent Examples of vividness Whatever transformation occurs reflects the brute metamorphosis of character into symbol, not the fullness of realism or the vividness of fiction. Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026 Whatever transformation occurs reflects the brute metamorphosis of character into symbol, not the fullness of realism or the vividness of fiction. Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026 Yet the vividness of these rare deaths powerfully shapes how people perceive and respond to risk. Alejandro Hortal-Sánchez, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026 The social world seen through her lens—women riding bicycles, women playing tennis, women embracing one another—has an irresistible vividness. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vividness
Noun
  • Wine-Coca conduces to mental activity and clearness, prevents fatigue and exhaustion, brings cheerfulness and sweet refreshing sleep.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Early on, the client read his directness as arrogance.
    Luis Peralta, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • There is a remarkable lightness to Tuchel, a candour and directness.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Howard Cosell would announce the news of Lennon’s death on Monday Night Football, a sound bite that Soderbergh, with his customary incisiveness and aversion to the maudlin, includes here.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
  • No artist ever mocked the insanity of the Hollywood cartoon stystem with such devastating incisiveness, and yet loved its creative output so much.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Mary Gaitskill is particularly good at this ideal combination of straightforwardness and pithiness.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • The through-line across all of it – the music, the acting, the international stages – is a pair of principles Lo articulates with plainness.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Maybe that’s because the interiors have a certain plainness — one that’s accurate to Georgian classicism but boring to Hollywood hotshots.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In one note, Miles can play absoluteness.
    Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
  • The seeming absoluteness of scientific thinking may predispose many medical practitioners or public health workers to assume the populace trust them, that evidential claims naturally validate interventions — no further Q&A needed.
    Cory Anderson, STAT, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But despite amassing a customer base, the fervor wasn’t enough to sway her towards baking as a full-time career.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 June 2026
  • Demand dipped during the Great Depression and Vietnam War and rose amid the patriotic fervor of World War II and the bicentennial.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • Multiple real-life accounts of Bessette will be shared, most of them citing her enormous charisma and warmth; her ability to make others feel absolutely seen.
    Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 10 June 2026
  • Every engagement is met with warmth, relaxed professionalism, and a seamless execution that left one wanting for nothing.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026

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“Vividness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vividness. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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