as in disregard
lack of interest or concern
with their usual nonchalance they arrived at the wedding ceremony half an hour late
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Recent Examples of nonchalance
Yet the shirts are made to be worn with a certain nonchalance.
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Joelle Diderich, WWD, 24 Mar. 2025
The film runs a lean 80 minutes, dipping into Get Out and Rosemary’s Baby territory as Yvonne begins to doubt — and then reluctantly embrace — the eeriness of her roommates’ rustic nonchalance.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Trump did not demonstrate the same nonchalance during his first term, said Paul Donovan, chief economist at UBS Global Wealth Management.
—Anna Cooban, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
Despite the change in appearance, Combs carried himself with the nonchalance of a man who was not staring down decades behind bars.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
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Joelle Diderich, WWD, 24 Mar. 2025
The film runs a lean 80 minutes, dipping into Get Out and Rosemary’s Baby territory as Yvonne begins to doubt — and then reluctantly embrace — the eeriness of her roommates’ rustic nonchalance.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Trump did not demonstrate the same nonchalance during his first term, said Paul Donovan, chief economist at UBS Global Wealth Management.
—Anna Cooban, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
Despite the change in appearance, Combs carried himself with the nonchalance of a man who was not staring down decades behind bars.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nonchalance
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“Nonchalance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonchalance. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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