nonchalant

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Heading into the results, investors were a bit more nonchalant about threats to the economy.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026

Dimon, often more willing than most to focus on the dour side, said he was concerned about how investors appeared nonchalant about risks in credit, although he acknowledged consumer defaults looked normal so far.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

One episode explores how Gehry, about a decade older than the others, both profoundly influenced and often overshadowed the group — a reality that was perhaps reinforced by his nonchalant dominance in the photo itself.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

This nonchalant style helped enable Pereira's side to play much more aggressively over the second half of the campaign.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

Thomas Jefferson’s version of the story follows a plotline that illustrates the natural and almost nonchalant way that history happens in an ideal Jeffersonian world.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis