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nonchalance

[non-shuh-lahns, non-shuh-lahns, -luhns] / ˌnɒn ʃəˈlɑns, ˈnɒn ʃəˌlɑns, -ləns /


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Food culture is inordinately fond of nonchalance: meals that are “almost too easy,” cakes that come together “in a snap.”

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

This is one reason for the Fed’s nonchalance toward housing market risks in the early 2000s.

From Barron's Oct. 16, 2025

“Jurassic World Rebirth” is Bailey’s first leading role in a film of this size, but you wouldn’t know that by the nonchalance he wears it with.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2025

On Spotify, the band’s biggest song is the coolly self-assured “Silver Lining,” from its darkly funny final LP, “Under the Blacklight,” and here Lewis delivered it with a swaggy nonchalance.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2025

The letter was passed with such palpable nonchalance and unconcern that Ben knew that the letter was very important indeed.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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