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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.
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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
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
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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
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In most workplaces, uncertainty drains more energy than directness.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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The title of Hu Anyan’s memoir anticipates the directness of his prose.—
Rumaan Alam,
The New York Review of Books,
23 May 2026
Noun
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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
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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
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Mary Gaitskill is particularly good at this ideal combination of straightforwardness and pithiness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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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
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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
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In one note, Miles can play absoluteness.—
Steve Baltin,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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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
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But just like last year’s in-episode PSA urging fans to be kinder, the message did little to temper online fervor.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
31 May 2026
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The fervor is year-round, and there’s always a match happening on a pitch.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 May 2026
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The overall warmth of the finished basement keeps pulling the family downstairs.—
Jody Garlock,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 June 2026
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From the driver who picks you up at the airport, to the servers at the restaurants, and the tour guides—you are guaranteed a warmth and level of luxury and service that Four Seasons promises and delivers on.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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“Vividness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vividness. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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