mousiness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mousiness
Noun
  • After all, this will go to the very Supreme Court that declared, when overruling Chevron, that courts owe no deference to the executive branch when interpreting statutes.
    Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
  • With an about-face and flattery, executives hoped this time around that Mr. Trump might show tech more deference, including it in his efforts to deregulate industries like energy and autos.
    Cecilia Kang, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Before this recent trend of Congressional acquiescence, Republican President Ronald Reagan issued 78 vetoes in his eight years in office.
    David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Yet, whatever the deal means for Paul, Weiss, its acquiescence to Trump marks a sad day for the legal profession—or what once was a profession, and is now just another business.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Between the sticks - Bayern seem reluctant to retire Neuer but this diffidence is helping no one.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • At its best, the uncomfortably intimate aesthetic of the films combined with the general diffidence at their heart attempted to epitomize a generational temperament and linguistic sensibility.
    Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Barbosa quickly and easily took the fight to the ground to secure the submission.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Send submissions here and read more Metropolitan Diary here.
    James Barron, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But neither the Principals’ Association nor the MSAD #51 Board of Directors will sign that compliance agreement, representatives said this week.
    Samantha Riedel, Them., 28 Mar. 2025
  • The only modifications: noting that the approximately $9 tourist levy introduced in February 2024 is in fact mandatory, and upping enforcement mechanisms for broader compliance with the rules.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The template for a Jack Quaid character is clear: balance him on the precipice between violence and passivity before splattering him with blood.
    Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The devices, in imposing passivity on their users, implicate them in the destruction and absolve them at the same time.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Mousiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mousiness. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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