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countenance

[koun-tn-uhns] / ˈkaʊn tn əns /


NOUN
self-control
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Mateta made clear at the time that he saw his long-term future away from Selhurst Park and the club signed Jorgen Strand Larsen from Wolves in a deal worth £48m to countenance his anticipated exit.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

But despite soundtracking 128 episodes worth of hormonal melodrama, Cole’s song most immediately evokes one image: the devilishly handsome, All-American countenance of the show’s star, James Van Der Beek.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

For “what else has a council ever been,” the pope asked, “but a renewal of this meeting with the countenance of the risen Christ?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

He’s 43, immaculately dressed and groomed and has the countenance of a high school counselor.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

“I’ve seen you like this before,” she says, placing his true countenance in a location in her memory.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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