inquietude

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Recent Examples of inquietude Partying continued Friday, even as French officials pleaded with the participants to leave and as inquietude mounted within the French government. Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inquietude
Noun
  • This is the current situation: Certainly, a trend of appreciating precious metals is at work, but there is also the theme of ‘strategic and critical metals’ anxiety pushing platinum.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • This can cause unnecessary anxiety and concern for the dog.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • The move to resume sales of the H20 chips comes amid easing tensions between Washington and Beijing, with China relaxing controls on rare earth exports and the United States allowing chip design software services to resume in China.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
  • In the quiet town of Rocky Hill, Connecticut, the tension between land preservation and housing development has reached a familiar and pressing crossroads.
    John Emmanuel, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Other countries were still expressing unease, however.
    Brit Morse, Fortune, 6 July 2025
  • But progress on this front has been slow, most likely due to China’s increasing unease with Iranian foreign policy and doubts about its long-term stability.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • During that time, Lexie was also treated for vomiting, fever and agitation by the hospital's emergency department, according to the writ.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 5 July 2025
  • His songs channeled the angst and agitation of youth into frenetic mini-anthems that musically reflected the on-shuffle mentality of the 21st century.
    Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Its responses are syrupy, its handling is unremarkable, and its odd brake pedal feel creates a sense of disquietude.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The group’s songs, all dance grooves, pulsing bass lines and ’80s-tinged synths, have typically reeked of disquietude and served as a maze into Healy’s brilliant but occasionally self-indulgent mind.
    Dan Hyman, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
Noun
  • In the short term, the position of a satellite's orbit will remain unchanged on this reference map without any perturbation.
    Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
  • Massively parallel genetic perturbation suggests the energetic structure of an amyloid-β transition state.
    Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Food system instability exposes markets to cascading shocks: inflation, trade disruption, insurance losses and sovereign credit stress.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Flash flood warnings and watches stretched from Virginia through Pennsylvania, as communities contended with fast-rising waters and significant travel disruption.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025

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“Inquietude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquietude. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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