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But the current moment, typified by stars like Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, and Charli XCX, tends to be about showcasing one’s sexuality ironically, or with an acid flippancy, or from behind a mask, or with a certain cool stance of meta control.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
7 June 2025 -
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
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The other person who spoke in South Carolina, Tim Walz, is a special mixture of extreme buffoonery and a mean spirit, which is a toxic brew.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
The Washington Examiner,
1 June 2025
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Certainly hope none of you will be complicit in this buffoonery.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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Full Sail, which doesn’t currently have any on-campus student housing, awards bachelor’s and master’s degrees in audio, design, computer animation, and business administration.—
Tyler Williams,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 July 2025
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Hulu's on-demand library of shows includes animation (Adventure Time, Bob’s Burgers, and Futurama), comedies (Broad City, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Malcolm in the Middle, Parks and Recreation, and Scrubs), dramas (The Good Wife, Killing Eve, The Orville, and The X-Files).—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 July 2025
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But there is something wry and resigned lurking behind those chord changes, an insouciance to Dorian’s vocals, that suggests something deeper and bigger brewing — the sound of a fairly labyrinthine songwriting mind just starting to awaken to its potential.—
Jayson Greene,
Vulture,
30 May 2025
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Hunte drew on his experience with suiting and leather to throw up two outfits—one, despite its masculine theme and model, completely androgynous; the other, a paean to female insouciance—that flouted conventional rules of draping and layering.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2019
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Still, you'll be rewarded with top-notch picture processing matched with vibrant brightness and colors, as well as Samsung's pedestal-style floating-screen design and plenty of gaming features.—
Ryan Waniata,
Wired News,
11 July 2025
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Solar geoengineering activities involve cooling the Earth by reflecting sunlight into space through the dispersal of small particles into the upper atmosphere or by increasing the size and brightness of clouds over the ocean, among other ideas.—
Pilar Melendez,
NBC news,
10 July 2025
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The vivacity of the art form broke through the screen courtesy of Erivo’s capacity to blast through any barrier with her truthful virtuosity.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Thankfully, the astonishing Deirdre O’Connell has brought Francis to life with vivacity, humor, and grit.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
28 May 2025
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“Jocoseness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jocoseness. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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