mentality
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"We had a work-hard, play-hard mentality," Tal Alexander said, adding he saw how his behavior "hurt people's feelings".
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
“That’s the mentality needed in terms of being an investor in Micron at this stage,” Chin said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
All we’re here to do is have fun — and we see what that mentality leads to, right?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
And many sellers had a “here is my price, make me move” mentality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
If she kept up that no-BS mentality, his sister would survive high school without a problem.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
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Executing the plan requires rewiring mentalities, erasing almost a generation’s worth of habits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
"Unfortunately, my surgical placements were all with, let's say, school surgeons who would have different mentalities to what we have today," she says.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2024
The moment is a remarkable confluence of fact and fiction, driving demands across Italy to protect women and to eradicate patriarchal mentalities woven into society.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2023
There are some hateful mentalities not worth interrogating.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2023
They—and he—cared about one thing; this fusion of their mentalities oriented their attention on the hill, the climb, the need to ascend.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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