as in calmness
evenness of emotions or temper
kept his composure in spite of the repeated provocations
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Recent Examples of composure
Most people avoid conflict, but those who can navigate tricky situations with composure and professionalism quickly stand out.
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Sho Dewan, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
In scene after scene, Shula doesn’t say much, but there is, in practically every frame, an unmistakable anxiety in her composure, as if her mere appearance of calm required a major exertion of will.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
The freshman Melo was able to keep her composure and make several acrobatic saves to wind out the clock and send her team to the semifinals for the first time in program history.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Quick to react, Hamill reached down to adjust his bottoms, continuing his speech with composure.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
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Sho Dewan, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
In scene after scene, Shula doesn’t say much, but there is, in practically every frame, an unmistakable anxiety in her composure, as if her mere appearance of calm required a major exertion of will.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
The freshman Melo was able to keep her composure and make several acrobatic saves to wind out the clock and send her team to the semifinals for the first time in program history.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Quick to react, Hamill reached down to adjust his bottoms, continuing his speech with composure.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for composure
Noun
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Wellness and serenity are at the forefront of the home, which features the high-tech Delos Super V air purification system.—
Emma Reynolds,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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In Texas, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth leaned into Japanese architectural design styles, embodying simplicity and serenity in a way that exposes visitors to foreign culture and religion.—
Margi Glavovic Nothard,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The combination of tariffs and economic uncertainty has cast a cloud over markets with a lot of questions about what happens next as investors seek out some sort of price equilibrium.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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When a woman washes ashore during a tempest, wounded and unconscious, the family’s fragile equilibrium cracks.—
Staff,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Under the plan, software giant Oracle would continue to house U.S. user data and provide assurances that the data is not accessible from China, this source added.—
Dawn Chmielewski and Katie Paul,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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But on Friday, Trump indicated that despite those assurances made only a day prior, the administration would be moving FSA and the federal student loan system to the Small Business Administration.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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But January was a month of labor market equanimity.—
Courtenay Brown,
Axios,
5 Mar. 2025
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Perkins has arrived at a place of equanimity about death that belies the slow-simmering, obliquely personal nightmares he’s spent the last decade turning out for the big screen.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Composure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/composure. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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