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Noun
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As the second season wears on, this notion warps the plot in ways that strain credulity, and the series’ innumerable cliffhangers gum up the narrative with artificial tension.—
Daniel A. Gross,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025 -
In his absence — and the long-term absences, at various times, of Barnes, Quickley, Barrett, Poeltl, Kelly Olynyk and others — the Raptors have had to throw out some lineups that strain credulity as legitimate NBA lineups.—
Eric Koreen,
The Athletic,
29 Dec. 2024
Noun
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For now, the important point is this: Much like a certain British prime minister long ago, an American vice president went to Munich to carry on about his idealism while breaking bread with those who would obliterate democratic ideals.—
Bret Stephens,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Franklin’s pragmatic idealism reminds us that unity requires compromise, collaboration, and a focus on common goals.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Clearly, today's reading continues to be one of bullish optimism.—
John S. Tobey,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Despite optimism, the administration has faced space constraints.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
Fox News,
10 Mar. 2025
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This executive order is politically motivated, cruel and based on ignorance, not on facts.—
Amy-lynn Fischer,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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This condition is what philosopher Charles Mills, speaking of the American context, labeled epistemological ignorance—a deliberate unknowing, an insistence on the myth of white superiority, of white exceptionalism.—
Christine Winter,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Impressionability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressionability. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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