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Noun
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England have shown a certain flippancy towards white-ball cricket since winning the 2019 World Cup.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025 -
SpaceX could afford its flippancy on X because the company has always operated with a fly-fast, fail-fast, fly-again metabolism.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Values are whatever drives us and can include family, faith or frivolity.—
Mary E. Dozier,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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As plans for January premières, luncheons, and awards shows were upended, we were treated to an almost moralistic spectacle of Tinseltown frivolities colliding with the elemental dictates of Mother Nature.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Joel Kim Booster just wants to make people laugh — and if anyone could use a moment of levity right now, its film and TV writers.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
12 Feb. 2025
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As an air sign, the feather is a perfect symbol of your levity and lightness, adding just the right amount of tease and tension to the moment.—
Colin Bedell,
Them,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Scenic and props designer Duane McGregor has created a mostly white bare stage, filled with empty picture frames, a commentary on the superficiality and subjectivity of art when it’s viewed from different perspectives.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Understandably, then, there’s a fine line between respecting your preferences and veering into unhealthy superficiality.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Not far from Khao Yai National Park, Yellow Submarine Coffee Tank is one of the few examples of brutalist architecture in the area that has a lightness exuding an almost Japanese-like zen.—
Lane Nieset,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2025
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The collections hinged on high-tech fabric solutions which enhanced features such as lightness, stretchability, softness and comfort.—
Andrea Onate,
WWD,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Unseriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unseriousness. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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