as in vigor
active strength of body or mind
the students always display considerably more pep during the weeks immediately prior to the holidays
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Recent Examples of pep
Unfortunately, that’s not really a shoppable item, but the news that Diane Keaton—queen of turtleneck sweaters and thus, by extension, queen of winter—will be releasing her first holiday song this month has put an undeniable amount of festive pep in my step.
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024
Mariska Hargitay had some pep in her step on Halloween.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Eric has the pep back in his step after pushing Bill overboard and landing a deal where the Al-Miraj family (a sovereign wealth fund disguised as private assets) buys Pierpoint.
—Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders are celebrating each other this holiday season, and one member surprised her squad with a gift that left them with plenty of pep.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024
Mariska Hargitay had some pep in her step on Halloween.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Eric has the pep back in his step after pushing Bill overboard and landing a deal where the Al-Miraj family (a sovereign wealth fund disguised as private assets) buys Pierpoint.
—Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders are celebrating each other this holiday season, and one member surprised her squad with a gift that left them with plenty of pep.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pep
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Texas fascinates with its famous hubris, its huge distances, its undeniable vigor, its wealth, and its sense of always being on some kind of cutting-edge.—
Llewellyn King,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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By 2023, when Mr. DeSantis was Mr. Trump’s main rival for the Republican nomination, Ms. Wiles and her team were pursuing him with vigor.—
Elisabeth Bumiller,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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The mandate also targets oil and gas leasing in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and again revokes the conservation status of 28 million acres of public land that had been withdrawn from mineral and energy development since 1971.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
31 Jan. 2025
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What to know about earthquakes Magnitude measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey says.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Jan. 2025
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Key Ingredients: Aloe barbadensis leaf juice, rice protein, adenosine, peony root complex How to Apply: LashFood recommends applying the serum nightly to the clean roots of your brows.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
21 Jan. 2025
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Nice white parents enroll their children; protests break out when a bougie juice bar threatens to replace an old-school deli; and Principal Ava (Janelle James), always a canny operator, helps her team blackmail the developer out of some fancy new computers for the kids.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Pep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pep. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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