indifference
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Philosopher Timothy McGrew then observes that Mr. Dawkins “has famously said that ‘the universe has at bottom just those properties one would expect if there were no design, no purpose, only blind pitiless indifference.’
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Nothing is sadder than to watch people stroll past that memorial as if nothing is out of the ordinary, our civic pride and historical perspective crushed under the weight of indifference.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
“You don’t need to use them — you just need to wear them,” a civil servant says, capturing the government’s one-size-fits-all indifference.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The indifference only strayed into anger when some Wales fans booed forward Brennan Johnson when he came on as a second-half substitute.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
For my part, the fate of the Jews, and the world’s indifference to it, frightened me very much.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing indifference
A Raisin in the Sun
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"The Perils of Indifference," Vocabulary from the speech
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Hamilton
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