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restlessness

[rest-lis-nis] / ˈrɛst lɪs nɪs /


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Stability, analysts say, can breed its own restlessness - particularly among younger voters less invested in legacy narratives and more drawn to renewal.

From BBC May 5, 2026

By filtering such a common feeling through a strange and delightfully unsettling narrative lens, “By Design” contends with our modern restlessness in far more memorable fashion than many big-budget, big-idea films of the last year.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2026

Depression was assessed through a questionnaire asking about depressed mood, disinterest, restlessness or lethargy during the previous two weeks.

From Science Daily Nov. 17, 2025

The up-tempo tune depicts life growing up in a dreary community bereft of imagination or spirit and hammers home the record’s emotional restlessness: “Nothing but the dead and dying back in my little town.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 27, 2025

She was filled with a restlessness she could not understand.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare




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