élan vital

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for élan vital
Noun
  • These values have been the lifeblood of our diplomacy.
    Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2025
  • The Processing Powerhouse: Correlation is the lifeblood of modern AI.
    Rohan Pinto, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • Her work sheds light on issues such as human trafficking and systemic oppression, and Shakti hopes to empower other women through her paintings.
    Daniel Wine, CNN, 24 July 2024
  • The Milky Way’s earliest pieces In a recent paper, researchers using the Gaia space telescope identified two streams of stars, named Shakti and Shiva, each of which contains a total mass of around 10 million Suns and which are thought to have merged into the Milky Way around 12 billion years ago.
    Georgina Torbet, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
Noun
  • In this biography, former Enquirer and Cincinnati Post sportswriter Bill Koch takes us beyond a tragic football career and reveals Cook the man: his childhood in Chillicothe, his career at the University of Cincinnati and his life after football.
    Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 30 July 2025
  • The extended life of a coal-burning generating unit confirms the worst fears of environmental groups ― who have watched warily as potential data center energy demand forecasts spiked ― that massive new demand loads could prolong the use of polluting coal and gas.
    Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 30 July 2025
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“élan vital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9lan%20vital. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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