nonchalance
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Marty tosses out the bald-faced lie that his mother died in childbirth with the nonchalance of ordering another coffee, before the orbital pull in the room shifts.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025
This is one reason for the Fed’s nonchalance toward housing market risks in the early 2000s.
From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025
On Spotify, the band’s biggest song is the coolly self-assured “Silver Lining,” from its darkly funny final LP, “Under the Blacklight,” and here Lewis delivered it with a swaggy nonchalance.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2025
Ross glided through her set of Motown oldies and disco bangers with the airy nonchalance she’s been emanating for decades.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2024
He dragged one foot to give an impression of great innocence and nonchalance.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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