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Recent Examples of franticness
Christopher Fahmie is convincingly caddish as Beau, but like most of his castmates could dial up the franticness a bit more.
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Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for franticness
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There are signs to look for in potential abusive relationships, like isolation from friends and family, controlling behaviors and anxiousness.—
Bryant Reed,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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But the roller-coaster experience added anxiousness to a landscape for Chinese students that already includes language and cultural barriers and a tight job market.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Incoming college freshmen are easy targets for people looking to profit from anxiety about loneliness, which the former US Surgeon General called an epidemic.—
Mary Frances Ruskell,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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Maygen says Paisley has struggled with anxiety ever since being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 2 years old.—
Nicki Cox,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Tens of thousands of layoffs at Meta over the last four years as the company balances its AI ambitions with investor unease.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, Burry signaled growing unease with the broader market after a relentless rally to record highs despite persistent geopolitical tensions.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Gadd comes off as thoughtful and emphatic, while Ruben, his physically imposing character, commands trepidation.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Rodgers echoed Kelly’s trepidations by arguing that the city should take more explicit actions under code that already exists to protect against ordinance violations.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Uranus moving into Gemini incites restlessness with conventional routine.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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That same restlessness defined his personal life.—
Michelle Duncan,
Architectural Digest,
22 Apr. 2026
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Science backs up this idea that our feelings about moist stem from a place of semantic uneasiness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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According to a new report in Bloomberg, there’s been employee turnover and uneasiness amongst the staff at Trending, a company which encompasses Cooper’s Unwell Network of podcasts as well as ACE Entertainment, the production company started by Cooper’s husband Matt Kaplan.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
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Prices surged overnight on worries that the war will affect the flow of crude for a long time.—
Mae Anderson,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Wall Street’s strength followed manic swings in the oil market, where prices surged overnight on worries that the Iran war will affect the flow of crude for a long time.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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In the conscious state, says Miller, such perturbations only briefly affect how the brain behaves.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
23 Mar. 2026
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Rigid wings experienced abrupt destabilization, while passive soft wings without sensing and control struggled to recover from larger flow perturbations.—
Etiido Uko
March 09,
New Atlas,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Franticness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/franticness. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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