laid-backness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laid-backness
Noun
  • His legal team condemned the plan as unconstitutional and punitive, warning that without assurances from Liberia, Abrego Garcia could be sent back to El Salvador.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • German journalism unions have voiced concerns over the editorial direction of ProSieben under MFE, which led to Berlusconi providing assurances to senior government ministers that independence would remain.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Also, when Mercury and Mars enter Sagittarius and your security-seeking second house, money and self-confidence become key themes.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • However, this focus on elevating others began to affect her self-confidence.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To me, that’s a sign of growing self-assurance, not intolerance.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • There are very few people who have Posey’s level of self-assurance.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The amendment changes the theory of the case from reckless indifference to intentional misconduct, according to the family’s lawyers, which could raise the damages awarded to the family.
    Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The risk of reverting to a political reality of indifference to occupation and permanent conflict is too great.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • White disappears completely into the role without skirting parody, portraying the exhausted hitmaker as startled by his own numbness, blanked out and unsure of what to do next.
    Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
  • According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, CMT causes a range of sensory and motor symptoms, including numbness, tingling, pain, muscle weakness and atrophy — deterioration in cells, tissues, and organs.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Adding to the character of the region, Southerners also find comfort in gatherings that exhibit flair and poise, and there’s a penchant for tradition, which immortalizes intimate conversations, unhurried afternoons and, of course, elegant tea experiences.
    Kathryn Streeter, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • And though this slick east-side restaurant has loosened up a bit, the razor-sharp staff still runs the place like the fine-dining spectacle it's been for 20 years, with perfect pacing and so much poise.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Brazil’s leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed confidence on Monday that his country and the United States will reach a trade deal.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Playing without starting quarterback Nicco Marchiol and its top two running backs, the Mountaineers were limited offensively, and TCU’s defense did a tremendous job of not giving the West Virginia offense confidence.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Through three games, the sixth-year quarterback has exuded a level of self-assuredness that was missing last season.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Racial issues are central to the novel, making Opal’s onstage self-assuredness a feast for her fans, lighter fluid to her haters.
    Lauren Morrow September 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Laid-backness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laid-backness. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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