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the child's impatience for Christmas morning is engaging
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Among its most devoted viewers is SZA, who humorously voiced her impatience on X (formerly Twitter) in May.
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
McArdle continued to scan the restaurant, his knee bobbing with impatience.
—Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
The free-agent additions, the draft and (this week) a trade for impact prospect Matthew Savoie collectively represent a breathtaking postscript to the long playoff run and a clear indication of the team’s impatience to finish the run to Stanley.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 7 July 2024
That strategy worked for him in 2008 with Georgia and in 2014 with his seizure of Crimea, and he is now encouraged to see growing impatience among western countries towards the cost of aid to Ukraine.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
McArdle continued to scan the restaurant, his knee bobbing with impatience.
—Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
The free-agent additions, the draft and (this week) a trade for impact prospect Matthew Savoie collectively represent a breathtaking postscript to the long playoff run and a clear indication of the team’s impatience to finish the run to Stanley.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 7 July 2024
That strategy worked for him in 2008 with Georgia and in 2014 with his seizure of Crimea, and he is now encouraged to see growing impatience among western countries towards the cost of aid to Ukraine.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Impatience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impatience. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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impatience
noun
im·pa·tience
(ˈ)im-ˈpā-shən(t)s 
1
: lack of patience
2
: restless or eager desire
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