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the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
most teenagers do not have the mentality to foresee the consequences of such risky behavior
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Recent Examples of mentality
That survivalist mentality is all but sure to result in fewer creative big swings onscreen.
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
With him, Way said, was a change in mentality that has made this season’s Commanders tough to beat.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Opposite him, Riley Moss has the skills and mentality to hold up to frequent targeting by opposing quarterbacks.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
These songs all have a beautiful sadness to them and have a pop mentality, but there is always something dissonant or tense about them at times, musically.
—Liza Lentini, SPIN, 17 Jan. 2025
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
With him, Way said, was a change in mentality that has made this season’s Commanders tough to beat.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Opposite him, Riley Moss has the skills and mentality to hold up to frequent targeting by opposing quarterbacks.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
These songs all have a beautiful sadness to them and have a pop mentality, but there is always something dissonant or tense about them at times, musically.
—Liza Lentini, SPIN, 17 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for mentality
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mentality
Noun
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However, things are looking more settled in 2025, and producers with market nous sense opportunity.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
28 Jan. 2025
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The Hindu family, in other words, will not be coerced into sending their children to the Lutheran school in the sense that they will be tossed into jail if their kids go to the secular school.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Senate Intelligence Committee voted to advance the nomination of former Representative Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick for director of national intelligence, to the full Senate, on Tuesday.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Forthcoming votes for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s respective nominees to serve as health and human services secretary and the director of national intelligence, are expected to be similarly partisan.—
Ashley Oliver,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Franklin’s Pragmatic Idealism: Impact Over Ideology Franklin’s brilliance was not only in his intellect but in his ability to turn ideas into real-world solutions.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Reeder’s a smallish winger (5-foot-10, 170 pounds) who relies on his on-ice intellect to navigate the ice, play off his linemates, find pockets of space and distribute.—
Scott Wheeler,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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What Nafisi does best, and the reason her work has endured, is precisely to refuse cartoonish portrayals and basic morality plays.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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The reason: In many parts of North Carolina, there is only one poultry company that contracts with farmers.—
Ames Alexander,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Mentality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mentality. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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