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composure

[kuhm-poh-zher] / kəmˈpoʊ ʒər /


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Instead, once the predictable sound and fury had been diluted by City's composure and the swift realisation they were not unnerved by Anfield or the storm raging around the club, this was a surreal experience.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

An attorney for D2 said clients are “entitled to clinicians who are steady and fully available to them, and protecting the composure of that hour is how we protect the people we serve.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

They survived only because he blasted over with one of his chances, shot tamely with another, lost composure with a third one.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Hill, a Yale-educated lawyer asked to elaborate on the prurient conduct she was chronically subjected to at work, never loses her professional composure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

I would have dropped to my knees and dissolved into a puddle, except I didn’t want to completely lose my composure in front of him.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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