as in intentness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling
the hospital waiting room was filled with the kind of gravity that inevitably accompanies worry
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Growth needs to deliver, or gravity will take over.
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Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The end of the fusion of hydrogen to helium also cuts off the outward energy that supports stars against the inward push of their own gravity.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Defying gravity vocally and physically is no easy feat.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025
The storytelling is clever, filling scenes with enough detail to lend some gravity to this world.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
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Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The end of the fusion of hydrogen to helium also cuts off the outward energy that supports stars against the inward push of their own gravity.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Defying gravity vocally and physically is no easy feat.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025
The storytelling is clever, filling scenes with enough detail to lend some gravity to this world.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Gravity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravity. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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