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Adjective
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So we’re spared the ridiculous presidential logorrhea.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2025 -
These proved ridiculous at Oberlin, where dressing in janitor uniforms from thrift shops was considered the height of style.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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The doors that slam, as farcical doors are built to do, open to work spaces, where a good deal of time is spent scheming and counter-scheming.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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The prices are almost farcical by modern standards.—
Pablo Maurer,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Eric Kohn, Green detailed the surreal process of working at the apex of the advertising industry.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
8 Feb. 2025
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Seal takes his namesake to new surreal heights in Mountain Dew‘s 2025 Super Bowl commercial.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This defiant and entertaining work playfully uses headshots and avatars to visualize clandestine audio recordings documenting years of Kafkaesque impositions, threats, and vital dissident art.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025
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The plot revolves around the Black protagonist’s Kafkaesque trial before the U.S. Supreme Court for supposedly attempting to restore slavery and segregation in his small, agrarian community near Los Angeles, and our hero’s reflections on what led him to this point.—
Barbara Ellis,
The Denver Post,
3 Feb. 2025
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But McAvoy was helpless against Connor McDavid’s ludicrous speed.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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After last season’s ludicrous 211-186 win by the NBA’s East in Indianapolis, where the West’s Karl Anthony-Towns scored 50 points in 28 minutes, the NBA tinkered with the format for the Chase Center event.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
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The idea that Canadians, in any signifiant number, want to be the 51st member of the United States of America is laughable.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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The Chinese foreign ministry responded to that move last week by calling the bans laughable.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune Asia,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Alice-in-Wonderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Alice-in-Wonderland. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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