as in disregard
lack of interest or concern
with their usual nonchalance they arrived at the wedding ceremony half an hour late
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Recent Examples of nonchalance
Her hair is done up with a messy nonchalance that blurs period and contemporary Cobble Hill.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Tina, as though offended by Lilian’s nonchalance, clicked her tongue and retrieved a Band-Aid from a drawer.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Other works lampoon what poets see as hypocrisy and nonchalance by the warring sides.
—Nalova Akua, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Her own instrumentation is her iconoclastic blend of classic and contemporary vocabulary oscillating between presentational formality and pedestrian nonchalance.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Tina, as though offended by Lilian’s nonchalance, clicked her tongue and retrieved a Band-Aid from a drawer.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Other works lampoon what poets see as hypocrisy and nonchalance by the warring sides.
—Nalova Akua, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Her own instrumentation is her iconoclastic blend of classic and contemporary vocabulary oscillating between presentational formality and pedestrian nonchalance.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nonchalance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonchalance
Noun
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That charge was later dropped to operating a vehicle with wanton disregard, for which he was fined $250.—
Sharon Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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All three movies are packed with dinosaurs—dinosaurs running, dinosaurs being sad and winsome, dinosaurs showing ruthless disregard for human life.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Soliman, a 45-year-old from Egypt, is now facing two first-degree murder charges – one for extreme indifference and the other with intent and after deliberation, the district attorney’s office said.—
Andi Babineau,
CNN Money,
30 June 2025
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The first count is first-degree murder under an extreme indifference theory and the second count is first-degree murder with intent after deliberation.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
30 June 2025
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“Nonchalance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonchalance. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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