as in passionate
having or expressing great depth of feeling
a rather passional declaration of love from someone she had just started dating
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Recent Examples of passional
At Fox, Collier became known for his passional embrace of blockchain, NFTs and the whole Web3 space.
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Nov. 2022
Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passional
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Like her older sisters, Hunter is passionate about cheer and tumbling.Nasha Smith, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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The winery blends tradition with passionate winemaking.Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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Nostalgia was found to improve emotional wellbeing by increasing their sense of gratitude.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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Nicholas Weinstock, president of Invention Studios, pointed to the irony of digging into local and especially emotional content that had the potential to resonate with international audiences as the best survival strategy in today’s global market.Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024
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If frostbite occurs, move indoors, remove wet clothing, and soak the affected body part in warm water.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Scientists expect the iceberg to head toward South Georgia island where warmer water is likely to trigger a breakup of the big berg into smaller chunks.Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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On the cusp of his second presidency, all of us—from his most fanatical supporters to his most fervent critics—are living in the Age of Trump.Sam Jacobs, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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The sentiment was echoed on social media by Vice President-elect JD Vance, a fervent critic of American foreign policy overreach.Michael Crowley, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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The warm front is a sharp contrast to the close of last week when an arctic surge swept across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with snow squalls, whiteouts and intense bursts of wind that left 20 million Americans under winter weather warnings or advisories.Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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Becoming a professor requires years and years of intense study, often carried out in isolation and poverty.Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
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Nonetheless, the schools that close overwhelmingly tend to be very small, caught in mismanagement or legal trouble, and/or religious.Derek Newton, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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World & Nation Rebels seize Damascus; Assad reported to have fled Syria for Moscow Dec. 8, 2024 Syria is home to multiple ethnic and religious communities, often pitted against each other by Assad’s state and years of war.Sarah el Deeb and Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Trump had already nominated Kash Patel, an ardent Trump supporter, to be Wray’s replacement, thus signaling his intent to fire Wray upon taking office.Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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My own family are ardent supporters of access to telemedicine.Judy Stone, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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But this requires church-goers to be a demonstrative example of what the church is all about.Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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As ecstatic as the campers were to see the magic behind what makes Fox so consistent in games, no one in the gym was more demonstrative with their support than Recee, who has been married to Fox since fall of 2022 after Fox proposed to his then-girlfriend two years prior.Hunter Patterson, The Athletic, 19 July 2024
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“Passional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passional. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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