as in vigor
active strength of body or mind
I don't have the gusto to go on a strenuous hike right now
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In between, labels revisited their icons with subtle tweaks, embraced suede and animal patterns with gusto, and even tuned into new, innovative frequencies with their designs.
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Lily Templeton, WWD, 12 Mar. 2025
Though the part is small, Hildy and her community are pivotal to unraveling the propaganda that has shaped this future dystopia, where people’s thoughts are heard aloud and an egomaniacal would-be dictator, played with gusto by Mads Mikkelsen, uses this vulnerability to control them.
—Sezin Koehler, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Still, the trades followed with gusto, dishing speculative reporting on who might succeed Kennedy.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
Ford, who previously portrayed a president in 1997's Air Force One, brings the right amount of gusto to his role as Ross as both his character and Mackie's struggle to put conflicting ideologies on how superheroes should operate on hold in order to face new threats together.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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Lily Templeton, WWD, 12 Mar. 2025
Though the part is small, Hildy and her community are pivotal to unraveling the propaganda that has shaped this future dystopia, where people’s thoughts are heard aloud and an egomaniacal would-be dictator, played with gusto by Mads Mikkelsen, uses this vulnerability to control them.
—Sezin Koehler, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Still, the trades followed with gusto, dishing speculative reporting on who might succeed Kennedy.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
Ford, who previously portrayed a president in 1997's Air Force One, brings the right amount of gusto to his role as Ross as both his character and Mackie's struggle to put conflicting ideologies on how superheroes should operate on hold in order to face new threats together.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Gusto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gusto. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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