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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raptness
Noun
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The Office of the Pardon Attorney and the White House continue to process thousands of applications, with the possibility of further high-profile pardons under active review.—
Peter Aitken
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 June 2025 -
That program cost thousands and didn’t include real-world applications or hands-on training.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Earlier in the week, on a CBS Morning Show interview, McDonald told Oprah’s consort Gayle King that her characterization in the Gypsy revival obeyed director George C. Wolfe’s new interpretation, reflecting Millennial race consciousness.—
Armond White,
National Review,
13 June 2025
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In addition to being potentially lethal, dusting can also cause several side effects, including loss of consciousness that can result in comas, seizures, nausea, breathing problems, loss of motor control or vomiting, according to the Recovery Village.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
9 June 2025
Noun
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Look for Kelly to receive strong consideration for next month’s All-Star Game.—
Phil Rogers,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Two years ago, the court’s conservative majority outlawed consideration of race in university admissions.—
Mark Sherman,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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Related Stories As with all of Global Citizen’s efforts that are centered around an entertainment event, the ultimate goal will be to raise awareness and funding for efforts to end extreme poverty around the world.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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Some of the marchers in Aventura on Sunday wore signs of the remaining hostages on their shirts to raise awareness.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2025
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During this period, the concept of immortality—the physical departure from human society and the achievement of eternal life—became a national preoccupation.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Johnson’s appearance, however, occurred not in the current wave of federal overreach but in May of 1935, amid a feverish preoccupation with communism in academia.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Aristotle was able to see his obsessions from a scholarly remove, and to recognize that his drive to spend so much time at depth may have begotten a sort of madness.—
Matthew Gavin Frank
June 12,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
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Visionaries often share a tendency for extremism and fervor, an obsession with purity.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
11 June 2025
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Rush had a fixation on making the carbon fiber work, which had deadly consequences.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
11 June 2025
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Trump’s fixation with Xi and a potential sweeping economic deal has been a prominent public feature of his first and second terms in the White House, often to the chagrin of his most hardline advisors.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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