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the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
most teenagers do not have the mentality to foresee the consequences of such risky behavior
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Recent Examples of mentality
Even so, there remained faint hope that Lost Campaign would somehow survive when Suggs, the starting point guard and heart and soul of the team’s defense-first mentality, returned from injury.
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Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2025
The moment has been so baked into America's cultural cake that Tea Party Republicans parrot the phrase, not realizing that the film is a satire of sheep mentality and the man who authored it (screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky) was a political lefty.
—EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Skipping over the details, always the ‘get them next time’ mentality.
—Evan Sidery, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Mez kept the same mentality when electing to move from Sacramento to Los Angeles in September 2022.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
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Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2025
The moment has been so baked into America's cultural cake that Tea Party Republicans parrot the phrase, not realizing that the film is a satire of sheep mentality and the man who authored it (screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky) was a political lefty.
—EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Skipping over the details, always the ‘get them next time’ mentality.
—Evan Sidery, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Mez kept the same mentality when electing to move from Sacramento to Los Angeles in September 2022.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mentality
Noun
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Rather than surprising the audience with the plane crash that sets off Death’s design, each iteration of the script opens with a sense of foreboding that something is wrong.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
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On the surface, this decision makes a lot of sense.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The patent signals Amazon's solution to this long-standing challenge—combining Alexa's voice interface with the deep product intelligence that Rufus has demonstrated since its launch earlier this year.—
Kiri Masters,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Under the proposal, the U.S. has promised to restore military and intelligence support to Ukraine in exchange for Ukraine promising to end air attacks on Russia.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Moretti's aware of Ariel's intellect and always wants to be one step ahead of her, making for an enthralling game of cat and mouse.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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The versatile Chestnut, 56, leads with intellect, charm and six-pack abs as Dr. John Watson, the beloved colleague of the apparently deceased Sherlock Holmes, in CBS' modern series.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In many cases, people stay together for the wrong reasons and continue to stay in relationships.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2025
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In recent years, Quinlin began to research equally noteworthy Irish people connected to Boston through many other reasons.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Mentality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mentality. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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