as in longing
a strong wish for something
had a sudden yearning for something sweet
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Recent Examples of yearning
Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
And in recent tumultuous times, there has been a surge in nostalgia and a return to the clean lines of the nineties—a yearning for the more stable good old days.
—Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The fervour for Roan is atypically passionate, a collective yearning that is impossible to artificially construct and often difficult to control.
—Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
The rest of the album was on the same level, drenched in Eighties Euro-sleaze and moody woke-up-on-a-beach yearning.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Carlson’s brand of nationalism plays on a range of desires, from the lowest to the loftiest: the yearning for communal cohesion, for satisfying work, for a life rich with meaning.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
And in recent tumultuous times, there has been a surge in nostalgia and a return to the clean lines of the nineties—a yearning for the more stable good old days.
—Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The fervour for Roan is atypically passionate, a collective yearning that is impossible to artificially construct and often difficult to control.
—Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
The rest of the album was on the same level, drenched in Eighties Euro-sleaze and moody woke-up-on-a-beach yearning.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yearning
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Her longing was only exacerbated when sandwich chain Jimmy John's announced the launch of its new Picklewich.Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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There’s a lot of longing, there’s a lot of sorrow in the book.James Factora, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
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If the brisk ten-episode season, which wrapped up this week, isn’t enough to feed your cravings, here are the books to carry you all the way through a happy and horrifying fall.Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Don't worry this hearty stew packed with ground beef, tomatoes, onion, potatoes, and veggies, then topped with hamburger bun croutons will curb your hamburger craving.Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
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With the rise of AI, cyber threats caused by phishing and data breaches, make the issue even more pressing.Earl Carr, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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The Bruins soon found themselves with far more pressing worries.Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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Have both deceived themselves about their ambitions, their desires, their essential natures?Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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This innate desire for connection, however, combined with people’s reliance on technology, can lead to feelings of FOMO– fear of missing out – and anxiety during a digital detox.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Moody yet insistent, Purple Basil can conjure disparate moods depending on the lighting of a room or even the sheen of a particular bookcase or molding.Tim Nelson, Architectural Digest, 24 Sep. 2024
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Advertisement Movies For Subscribers The 27 best movie theaters in Los Angeles Nov. 22, 2023 During a long country weekend, however, the hosts’ energetic hospitality betrays an edge, mainly to do with Paddy’s mercurial, insistent personality and flashes of ill temper toward Ant.Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
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Resist the urge to use something sharp or abrasive, as that could damage the mesh.Julia Ries, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
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At this point, resisting the urge to rotate, the superfluid suddenly spawns a single quantum vortex — a whorl of atoms surrounding a column of nothingness that extends to the bottom of the bucket.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Although drought is the most urgent threat, the Northeast is also broadly getting rainier as a result of climate change, because a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture.Denise Chow, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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While many of the DOL’s recommendations center around helping workers adjust, the agency also places an urgent onus on protecting workers’ rights, data and privacy.Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
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Or maybe your thirst for wine knowledge rivals your thirst for wine.Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
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For all my thirst for ghost stories as a kid, the ghost-hunting fad that came later never really captured my imagination in the same way.Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Yearning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yearning. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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