as in intentness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling
the hospital waiting room was filled with the kind of gravity that inevitably accompanies worry
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Another idea suggests that there might be something wrong with science’s current understanding of gravity.
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Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
That time when your metabolism stops, gravity starts tearing you down, your bones start wearing off.
—Eric Andersson, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Most physicists presume that everything in the world is quantized, including gravity.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
The ever-present pull of gravity amounts to a natural battery that can provide short-, medium-, or long-term storage, says CEO Rob Piconi.
—Micheline Maynard, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Gravity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravity. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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