gravitas
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The next L.A. event is April 24 at 7:30 p.m. at Gravitas in Beverly Hills.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025
Gravitas can suggest a kind of superior, stony Olympian intonation, the way a marble statue might speak if it came to life.
From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2023
Right now, Gravitas is offering 3 tableside items: hamachi and wagyu chef counter options, a chilled zucchini gazpacho, as well as an English pea tortellini with pork trotter terrine and parmesan pork brodo.
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2023
The first-stage booster made its fifth flight, with SpaceX once again recovering it downrange on its droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2023
Gravitas was all fine and good, and it was important to maintain appearances, but—Gherland shifted the baby from one arm to the other—he was getting too old for this sort of thing.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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