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Noun
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England have shown a certain flippancy towards white-ball cricket since winning the 2019 World Cup.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025 -
SpaceX could afford its flippancy on X because the company has always operated with a fly-fast, fail-fast, fly-again metabolism.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The sketch is an expression of all the things Everybody’s Live does best: sincere love and admiration for cultural iconography, forced through a sieve of surreal frivolity.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Values are whatever drives us and can include family, faith or frivolity.—
Mary E. Dozier,
CNN,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Feedback will help you fine-tune the balance between levity and substance.—
Paul Boross MBE,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: Owner Reagan Carter, 21, a Penn State ag grad, turned part of her family's farm into an agritourism destination three years ago after spotting the trend online — selling a dose of pandemic-era levity and a peek into farm life.—
Chrissy Suttles,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The song contrasts authentic love with the superficiality often found in relationships, urging the listener to let their guard down and accept something pure.—
Christopher Claxton,
Billboard,
18 Feb. 2025
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Trump’s superficialities at times led Stan back to the deeper character.—
Marc Tracy,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There was a lightness in the air, an energy in their step.—
Jeff Probst,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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The use of premium materials such as aluminum and magnesium in the headphones’ yoke brings a useful combination of lightness and robustness.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Unseriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unseriousness. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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