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Noun
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The stoicism, resilience and killer instinct that turned Klonowski from an outsider into a reliable force encounter their toughest test to date entering the NCAA Championships.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2025 -
That was more a victory for stoicism than style, but that slender 2-1 advantage earned in the Midlands would eventually prove hugely significant.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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Super-sized Opportunities Workplace crises can be proactively prevented (or eventually explained) by tackling incentives, incompetence and indifference with stewardship, capability and care.—
Noah Barsky,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Causing a Stink After asking the dog's owner, Rick, to address the issue, the original poster (OP) was met with indifference.—
Darlin Tillery,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Although showrunner Benjamin Cavell doesn’t show much interest in digging deeper than a surface-level appreciation of King’s challenging juxtapositions, his simple story (shown with equal nonchalance by director and executive producer Jack Bender) still evokes the faintest pathos for Luke’s plight.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 July 2025
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As one of Europe’s most exciting creative players, Cherki can play comfortably off either foot and embarrass defenders with a mazy dribble or a razor-sharp through-ball with equal nonchalance.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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But there is something wry and resigned lurking behind those chord changes, an insouciance to Dorian’s vocals, that suggests something deeper and bigger brewing — the sound of a fairly labyrinthine songwriting mind just starting to awaken to its potential.—
Jayson Greene,
Vulture,
30 May 2025
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Hunte drew on his experience with suiting and leather to throw up two outfits—one, despite its masculine theme and model, completely androgynous; the other, a paean to female insouciance—that flouted conventional rules of draping and layering.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2019
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Whatever the reason, Maxwell’s strength and the shark’s apparent unconcern put one of Maxwell’s friends in danger.—
Donald Millus,
Outdoor Life,
3 July 2025
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But the other pole, blithe unconcern, carries its own dangers.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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That charge was later dropped to operating a vehicle with wanton disregard, for which he was fined $250.—
Sharon Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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All three movies are packed with dinosaurs—dinosaurs running, dinosaurs being sad and winsome, dinosaurs showing ruthless disregard for human life.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
30 June 2025
Noun
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How brown phlegm looks can vary from person to person.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
15 June 2025
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Common causes of brown phlegm include smoking, exposure to toxins or pollutants in the air, cystic fibrosis, and bacterial lung infections.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
15 June 2025
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The Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs then assumed the initiative by denying Peru's disinterestedness, charging Peru with seeking to injure Chilean interests by her nitrate measures, and with keeping secret the treaty of alliance between Peru and Bolivia.—
Edwin M. Borchard,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Oct. 2011
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The first had to do with the principle of disinterestedness, which called for partisan politics to be kept out of scholarship and the classroom.—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2021
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“Stolidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stolidity. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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