raptness

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Noun
  • Click and drag unused applications to the Trash icon in the dock.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The university has already received more than 150 applications, according to a public relations agency representing the university.
    Chandelis Duster, NPR, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Their performance drew comparisons to Freddie Mercury, which helped bring the classic back into the mainstream consciousness.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • In more severe cases, a serious allergic reaction, known as anaphylaxis, can include swelling of the throat, a drop in blood pressure, difficulty breathing and loss of consciousness.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While most jurisdictions are moving forward with digital tax reforms to ensure that foreign providers contribute to public revenue, the Dominican Republic has so far stepped back—highlighting the complex political and economic considerations that influence digital tax policy.
    Aleksandra Bal, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Varley’s grip, her taut observation of nerve-wracking isolation, loosens and the film devolves into a blunt and clichéd consideration of family.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Despite the history, there’s still far less awareness of Northland as a wine hub than destinations such as Marlborough or Central Otago.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Marco Langbroek, a Dutch archeologist and university lecturer on space situational awareness, is one of the best at this, using publicly available information about the flight path of a launch to estimate when the satellite will fly overhead.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Their libidinous preoccupations, like those of the protagonists of Superbad, Booksmart and more recently Bottoms, are familiar.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
  • If consumer inflation is your preoccupation, this helps.
    Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But will being back in the Big Apple where his murdering obsession began trigger issues between him and his new bride?
    Alicia Lansom, Refinery29, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The arrival of blue-and-white porcelain in Europe some 500 years ago (first as ballast on merchant ships from China) ignited an obsession with the exotic.
    Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Ideally, this is the sort of fixation that makes people a little concerned about you, like Ben learning claymation in Parks and Rec.
    James Factora, Them., 28 Mar. 2025
  • Nick’s fixation on Sawyer’s luxe truck was understandable and consistently amusing.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Raptness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raptness. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.

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