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the child's impatience for Christmas morning is engaging
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The youngest to accomplish something are often lionized, and impatience sets in if success is seen to take too long.
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Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Only one person could do it at a time, which meant that there was constant barging in and interruption, as impatience to speak grew more feverish and more relentless.
—Louise Glück, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2025
For many Americans, this election cycle has been marked by a sense of impatience for the campaign to conclude.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, credits his impatience.
—María Magdalena Arréllaga, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Only one person could do it at a time, which meant that there was constant barging in and interruption, as impatience to speak grew more feverish and more relentless.
—Louise Glück, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2025
For many Americans, this election cycle has been marked by a sense of impatience for the campaign to conclude.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, credits his impatience.
—María Magdalena Arréllaga, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Impatience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impatience. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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impatience
noun
im·pa·tience
(ˈ)im-ˈpā-shən(t)s 
1
: lack of patience
2
: restless or eager desire
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