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language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
don't give me that jazz about how you didn't know that it was illegal
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Recent Examples of jazz
The weeks go on and on and time is a flat circle and all that jazz.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Cullins is a songwriter who plays guitar with rhythm and blues, soul, funk, jazz and rock influences.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2026
So closely are they related that jazz great Billie Holiday titled her 1956 autobiography Lady Sings the Blues.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 May 2026
The question of whether Setting is a jazz trio is less interesting than how their music connects to a decades-long methodology across players, bands, labels, trends, and scenes.
—Jesse Jarnow, Pitchfork, 4 May 2026
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Cullins is a songwriter who plays guitar with rhythm and blues, soul, funk, jazz and rock influences.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2026
So closely are they related that jazz great Billie Holiday titled her 1956 autobiography Lady Sings the Blues.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 May 2026
The question of whether Setting is a jazz trio is less interesting than how their music connects to a decades-long methodology across players, bands, labels, trends, and scenes.
—Jesse Jarnow, Pitchfork, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jazz
Noun
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If the holes appear shallow, then they could be made by squirrels, looking for places to store nuts, or by skunks and raccoons, digging for grubs.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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Some foods - like whole grains, kale, nuts and seeds - are good sources of insoluble fiber, which helps keep digestion moving.—
Maria Godoy,
NPR,
18 May 2026
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But anatomically speaking, this is absolute nonsense.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Travelers say they're done listening to the nonsense they've been fed.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Some argue that parking, sewer and garbage – the infrastructure designed for single-family homes – is being stretched too thin.—
Lee Cowan,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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However, the playoffs have delivered over and over to viewers and rewarded us for putting up with garbage regular-season games.—
David Troy,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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The American League West is a Buc-ees-sized truck stop of blah, and an 81-win team could win it.—
Mac Engel
April 30,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Apr. 2026
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Turn a blah brunch into a party with our famous Party Potatoes.—
Krissy Tiglias,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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Trash pickup Chris Barnett, Orion Township supervisor, said residents of his community will be allowed to place more bagged trash outside at their next Waste Management pickup day to help handle overflow rubbish from paper plates, etc.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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From the Japanese point of view, leaving rubbish piled up in a stadium would be a bother to others.—
Stephen Wade,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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And not just because one of the leading contestants torched himself and his political livelihood in a bonfire of hubris and stupidity.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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That men like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are entrusted with businesses of tectonic influence can be difficult to understand, but their cults of personality have been able to survive scrutiny, perhaps because the money itself is too imposing a firewall for their own stupidity to penetrate.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
19 Apr. 2026
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Commentors, of course, had a mixed bag of reactions, ranging from arguing that Kelce is the Duchess of Delco to criticizing the governor's silliness.—
Kaitlyn McCormick,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Yet there’s wisdom amid the silliness, as the story gently makes a case for the necessity of grief, mindfulness and mortal awareness, even in a life otherwise unburdened by adult human responsibility.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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Punk Essays, is a coming-of-age collection of pop-culture criticism and personal narratives traversing the author’s formative years in South Gate, CA, through present day adulthood, navigating the center of being black, Latino, and a punk.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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From there, nearly 400 fliers and posters guide guests both geographically and chronologically, beginning with punk’s pre-1976 years.—
Siran Babayan,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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“Jazz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jazz. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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