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aliveness

  • a word derived from alive.
    alive
    adjective
    having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.

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It was instead a shared endeavor, mutually manufactured in yet another instance of a play letting down its guard to reach new levels of aliveness.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2025

It will always be a melter of a slow jam, but its intention is in those parentheses – to be in the sensation of aliveness he’s created.

From Salon Oct. 19, 2025

But, in essence, what audiences relate to the most is this loose sense of aliveness, that things can go wrong or be brilliant or beautiful.

From Washington Post Mar. 16, 2023

Woodward is a young ballerina whose abandon gives a story ballet like “Beauty” not just care and aliveness, but a kind of modern soul.

From New York Times Feb. 27, 2023

After a fire- fight, there is always the immense pleasure of aliveness.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien