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loftiness



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There’s a certain loftiness, I think, to Metallica.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Stewart, 37, chuckled at the increasing loftiness of his inquiries, but his point was serious: always dig deeper — an ethos he seems eager to pass on to listeners.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024

More pertinently, it would have forced Netflix to subscribe, at least outwardly, to the reigning elitism and increasingly out-of-touch loftiness about how movies are meant to be seen.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2018

And the contemporary Mall, despite the loftiness of its monuments, is one of the country’s great populist locales.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 22, 2016

Anna May feigned offense, then tipped up her chin and said with exaggerated loftiness, “And actually, I was one of just three lantern holders.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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