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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woefulness
Noun
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This past year has brought unprecedented oppression.—
Imran Khan,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025 -
Paula Giddings’s book Ida: A Sword Among Lions, frames Wells-Barnett’s work on lynching as unifying the themes of race, sexuality, and the law into the violent tool of oppression that was one of the driving factors in the Great Migration of Black Americans during the twentieth century.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
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In her new book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People, Perry explores blue as a symbol of both hope and melancholy throughout Black history.—
Tonya Mosley,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2025
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The Elephant Man is an elegant picture, one of Lynch’s most straightforward and touching films—but even then, the joyful melancholy of its visual poetry is distinctly his own.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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That system, Fritz Alphonse Jean said, has fueled immense misery and social inequalities as well as the current gang violence that has a desperate population urgently calling for help.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2025
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Indian spiritual leader and environmental campaigner Sadhguru has spoken to Newsweek about the nation's mental health, offering his secret to achieving a good state of mind by choosing joy or misery.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Pop-music history is filled to the brim with breakups — endless tales of heartbreak, vengeance, and despair.—
Ryan Leas,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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Late in the film, Erivo has one particularly unforgettable moment of raw, wrenching despair, her wail of grief cutting right through the screen.—
Sezin Koehler,
EW.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Biden administration publicly stressed the need to alleviate human suffering in Gaza, while continuing to be Israel’s top supplier of military aid.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
27 Feb. 2025
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Her knockout performance carries The Substance, propelled by visceral desperation, rage and cruel suffering.—
Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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The waves of emotions — from dejection to hope to numbness to jubilation (for him) and relief (for me) — are something neither of us will forget.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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After generations of thankless activism that brought more ridicule than results, and more dejection than hope, suddenly gays and lesbians have found themselves on the winning side of a string of court verdicts and legislative and ballot-box battles.—
Wayne Pacelle,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2015
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Joanne Hsu, surveys of consumers director for the university, said consumers aligned with independent and Democratic parties have more doom and gloom than their Republican counterparts, accounting for the shift down.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Mar. 2025
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But any doom and gloom as fashion week approached did not deter the most passionate fans, whose eclectic attire in and outside shows nodded to London’s sartorial tradition of bucking convention.—
Simbarashe Cha,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Prolonged, elevated cortisol levels or chronic stress can disrupt these processes, leading to inflammation, chronic pain, depression, and even the progression of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.2 Cortisol levels are meant to slowly decline throughout the day.—
Caitlin Pagán,
Verywell Health,
28 Feb. 2025
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It's being leveraged across industries, from automating routine tasks to addressing challenges like C-suite depression and burnout.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Woefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woefulness. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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