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1
as in patient
accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint
after waiting six years for permission to immigrate to the U.S., the family is stoic about a six-month postponement
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as in numb
not feeling or showing emotion
at her husband's funeral she remained stoic, and only a few imagined the depth of her grief
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Recent Examples of stoic
Remember those highly sexualized ‘90s thrillers where our stoic leading man is threatened and nearly killed by a crazed woman driven mad by desire?
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Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 4 July 2025
Throughout the trial, Anderson has appeared largely stoic, watching as evidence is discussed and witnesses testify about Robinson.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
The cast is unstoppable in this one, with Boyega stoic and grounded, Foxx chaotic and off the chain, and Parris warm and focused.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Guthrie, her fiancé, took to casually goading Loeb about how Twysden now spurned him, while Loeb accepted the insults with a stoic passivity, mooning over Twysden, the others felt, like a lovesick puppy.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
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Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 4 July 2025
Throughout the trial, Anderson has appeared largely stoic, watching as evidence is discussed and witnesses testify about Robinson.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
The cast is unstoppable in this one, with Boyega stoic and grounded, Foxx chaotic and off the chain, and Parris warm and focused.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Guthrie, her fiancé, took to casually goading Loeb about how Twysden now spurned him, while Loeb accepted the insults with a stoic passivity, mooning over Twysden, the others felt, like a lovesick puppy.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoic
Adjective
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Their data set was also developed using images from a diverse patient population, unlike older models built on data primarily from racially homogenous populations.—
Adaira Landry,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Doctors have a legal obligation to not talk about things like patient interactions, diagnosis, and treatments.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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His leg went numb, but his sense of humor was unharmed.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
12 July 2025
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Europe, perhaps now numb to the threats from across the Atlantic, also stayed relatively calm with London’s FTSE and Germany’s DAX marking minor gains.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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The story of children financially supporting their immigrant parents can feed into the myth of the Asian American model minority, which, in part, stereotypes Asian Americans as obedient, hard-working and uncomplaining.—
Mike Dang,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2023
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Queen Elizabeth II was formal, interested, uncomplaining, and always respectful.—
Caitlin Flanagan,
The Atlantic,
12 Nov. 2022
Adjective
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Did your presence create more clarity, more calm, more progress?—
Cicely Simpson,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Think smooth shores sloping gently into calm waves and views framed by palm trees.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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As new members have replaced the resigned ones, the board has ramped up focus on policies around LGBTQ+ students, dress codes and health curriculum.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
11 July 2025
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If 28 Days Later presaged our post-9/11 paranoia and dread, 28 Years Later settles into the resigned gloom of our modern age, where everything is rubbish and only getting worse.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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But the drama can be very stolid, borderline dull at times.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2025
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Michelle DeYoung was a somewhat stolid Herodias, Piotr Buszewski a fiercely ardent Narraboth.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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Admittedly, the hordes of foreigners can provoke long-suffering local people.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Another piece of it came from the 2021 death of Tony Hendra, who played the band's long-suffering manager in the original.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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Blount, who appeared wearing a white button-down shirt and tie, his hands shackled in front of him, his bulging gut and beige tie spilling over his beige pants, appeared impassive and refused to meet his victim’s gaze as Rothschild addressed him personally.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
10 July 2025
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Director and screenwriter Brian Koppelman returns as the wonderfully impassive numbers man to Uncle Jimmy (Oliver Platt), a guy everyone simply refers to as Computer.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2025
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“Stoic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoic. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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