as in earnestness
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Noun
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But this reboot had gravitas, for Larroquette at least.Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2023
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On the other hand, use of science within advertising somehow bestows upon the product a higher status, a gravitas, the excitement that this thing that the consumer must have is one of a kind, a rare breakthrough discovery.Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2011
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Another idea suggests that there might be something wrong with science’s current understanding of gravity.Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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That time when your metabolism stops, gravity starts tearing you down, your bones start wearing off.Eric Andersson, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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The General Assembly should begin work in earnest in next year’s session on a comprehensive plan to forestall these calamities.The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024
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Yet there’s an undercurrent of uncertainty hovering over everything, as if Janet is waiting for her life to start in earnest and Lacy is unsure whether anything less than her mom’s full, undivided attention is enough to sustain her through childhood’s eventual end.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2024
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By James Parker The huge solemnity of his eyes, grave and sober as a child’s but with a spark of ancient, euphoric irony back in there somewhere.James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2024
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The Tigger energy is abruptly stilled, replaced by a silently welling solemnity.James Parker, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Humorlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humorlessness. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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