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Despite Musk’s impetuousness and his open hostility toward journalists, Isaacson said the unpredictable billionaire never backtracked on allowing him unfettered reporting.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2023

In a Trompowsky, the impetuousness of youth costs Carlsen after 12.

From Washington Times • Feb. 14, 2023

And the reason for daily briefings: “They tend to force decisions to get made in a sensible way — they reduce impetuousness and procrastination.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2020

Miranda is model-gorgeous but dressed carelessly; her demeanor is a mix of wryness, impetuousness, and tenderness.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019

Kâlidâsa in almost all his works represented the unbounded impetuousness of kingly splendour on the one side and the serene strength of regulated desires on the other.

From Creative Unity by Tagore, Rabindranath