gravitas
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You seemed to suggest that gravitas at some level is important.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026
"We were told that, as they get older, men in the media are portrayed gaining gravitas and wisdom associated with authority," it stated.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
“She’s such a deep, emotional, intuitive actress who was in these teen movies where the depth and gravitas of her soul weren’t able to fully express themselves,” Fogel says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
Far from an indignity, I thought it lent a certain gravitas otherwise absent from my banal demeanor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Skulason is a gentle and intense man with a gravitas that is arresting.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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