as in absurdity
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Noun
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Film Constellation has boarded sales on Oscar Hudson’s Straight Circle, a dark comedy on the absurdities of conflict, and revealed a first image as principal photography wraps in South Africa.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2025 -
Why such absurdity in a film about human connection?—
Stuart Miller,
Orange County Register,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And the final irony of it all is the speaker was right in the beginning.—
ABC NEWS,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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But Stewart didn’t miss a beat, continuing to point out the irony of subsidies for wildly profitable companies whose workers don’t earn enough to live on.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The official website for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which tech billionaire Elon Musk heads, was reportedly hacked on Friday, sending waves of confusion and amusement through the internet.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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There’s no shortage of diversions and amusements to fill your Sunday afternoon.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Ridiculousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridiculousness. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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