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Noun
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But the flippancy of the phrase belies the detailed precision with which the Sky plan to manufacture 3-point looks.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025 -
England have shown a certain flippancy towards white-ball cricket since winning the 2019 World Cup.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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After a couple of hours of gentle frivolity, the real London is back.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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So often, there's a silliness or frivolity associated with it.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And that bit of levity was fortunate, given the turn the episode takes after Strahovski’s Serena and Josh Charles’ High Commander Wharton return home after their nuptials.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
13 May 2025
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Applause for veteran attorney In a rare moment of levity at the end of the arguments, Chief Justice John Roberts recognized Kneedler for arguing before the high court 160 times.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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What now? Read the full Cancer Daily Horoscope Leo (July 23 - August 22) Sick of superficialities?—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
12 May 2025
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This is a growing movement that ought to be raising eyebrows and forthrightly made visible to its superficiality and smacks of a Jedi-trick look-the-other-way hand-waving.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
Noun
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This million-dollar number comes in two versions, one in titanium and the other in Carbon TPT, a high-tech material that shares properties of lightness and resistance with those used in Formula 1 cars.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
2 May 2025
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Despite that lengthy maturation, there’s a lightness to the tequila and the palate has notes of dark chocolate, black pepper, leather, and some bright herbs on the finish.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Unseriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unseriousness. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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