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Noun
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The violence is always relentless, always builds, to a point of absurdity, where exaggeration becomes the point, and the joke.—
Armond White,
National Review,
11 June 2025 -
Of all the absurdity in these films, that’s your issue?—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Business owners and employees alike are living through a paradox.—
Duane Tursi,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Discounting any of the various potential paradoxes and possible multiversal implications of the deed, Jeb Bush leapt headlong into this hypothetical (take your pick) DeLorean, phone booth, Tardis, or Wellsian steampunk contraption with a knife in hand.—
Jack Butler,
National Review,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Already concerned about the incongruity of having a comic yukking it up with what was happening with the AP and other outlets, the WHCA scrapped her.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2025
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Kirby’s incongruity is terrifying, so said someone much wiser than me.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
Noun
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The convergence of reason and gallantry, of irony and affection, struck a teasing tone.—
Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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The demonstrations, which coincided with Donald Trump’s birthday celebration, added another layer of irony as some within the Bitcoin community openly celebrate the very figure hundreds of thousands protested against.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
Noun
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About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what seemed a contradiction in Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity.—
Rob Coyne,
The Conversation,
10 June 2025
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The tax gets at a fundamental issue within Trump’s policy agenda: a contradiction in the broad strokes of Trump simultaneously trying to tax imports and foreign profits at higher rates while also seeking investments from companies headquartered abroad.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
Noun
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Stuff like how to read spins and backgrounds at various stadiums, including the peculiarities of cavernous Kauffman Stadium.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
5 June 2025
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Twain’s narrative boasts some—discrepancies is too magisterial a word … peculiarities, say.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
Noun
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The public health experts said Kennedy's actions are setting up a dichotomy on public health.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
6 June 2025
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The prior paragraph notwithstanding, 59 Productions breaks the dichotomy between individuals and duos.—
Ben Zauzmer,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2025
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“Illogicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogicality. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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