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restlessness

[rest-lis-nis] / ˈrɛst lɪs nɪs /


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He’s never settled into a particular genre and, perhaps due to that wide-ranging restlessness, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be awarding him an honorary Oscar in November.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

He's an unlikely music sensation, whose rootsy songs of restlessness and belonging captured TikTok's Gen Z romantics.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

To me, the many-voiced story of the expedition is a testament to human restlessness and perseverance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

By filtering such a common feeling through a strange and delightfully unsettling narrative lens, “By Design” contends with our modern restlessness in far more memorable fashion than many big-budget, big-idea films of the last year.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026

There was nothing, only the restlessness to get home to breakfast.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya




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