as in absurdity
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Noun
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Many have judged both him and us based on accusations, conspiracy theories, and false narratives that have spiraled into absurdity on social media.—
Claudia Rosenbaum,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2025 -
Trump has always trafficked in absurdity, but there was a time when his bombast at least had a strategic purpose.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The cold war, which gave us both the Fermi paradox and the Kardashev scale, was defined by existential anxiety.—
Rebecca Charbonneau,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2025
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At the start of creating A Complicated Woman, Taylor felt alienated from her own feelings – a strange paradox, perhaps, for an artist who has never minced her lyrics and one whose powerful live shows, for many, feel like akin to a spiritual reverie.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
28 Jan. 2025
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Setting aside the delightful incongruity between the coach who once promised to bite off peoples’ kneecaps and his miniature companions, the fourth-down factor is a big part of what makes the Lions Must-See TV.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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The incongruity of profit maximization was brought to public attention in the UK recently, as the scale of river pollution from water utility companies becomes ever more apparent.—
Aissa Dearing,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Jan. 2025
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The big irony is that Thelwell has been afforded more power and responsibility in the decision-making process than any of his predecessors, largely due to the lack of money available to Everton and the takeover.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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The irony is that many of these policies are likely to have the opposite effect.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
13 Feb. 2025
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Walter Salles reflects our parallel contradictions.—
Armond White,
National Review,
7 Feb. 2025
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Deep Space Nine may have a cult following among the franchise’s fans, but those who make Star Trek today seem to have learned the wrong lessons from it, gobbling up the series’ darkness but forgoing its soulfulness and wonderful contradictions.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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This Texas peculiarity is especially confounding to Democratic legislators in Sacramento and Springfield, who would never dream of allowing Republicans to do likewise in California and Illinois, states where Democrats have legislative supermajorities like the GOP does in Texas.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The peculiarity of her perspective is just too distracting.—
Melanie Anzidei,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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And perhaps by doing so, women can point out the dichotomy between the hatefulness of the rhetoric of the left and the right.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
18 Feb. 2025
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No wonder there’s this dichotomy of where people are in this country.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2025
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