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Recent Examples of offensiveness
But Hokit’s offensiveness in the shadow of the president’s home — with the Washington Monument visible to the south — was one indication that anything and everything was inbounds.
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Oskar Garcia,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
During this period, Dhillon moved away from the Review’s gleeful offensiveness toward positions suggesting a more moderate conservatism.
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Quinta Jurecic,
The Atlantic,
13 Apr. 2026
The push came amid concerns about the offensiveness of the name.
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Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Oct. 2025
There was a Lynchian quality to the podcast, a fun-house-size absurdism that offset its overt offensiveness.
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Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
13 Aug. 2025
But Vanderbilt framed its investigation around offensiveness, not professional ethics—and offensiveness is not itself grounds for investigation.
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Jonathan Marks,
Washington Post,
22 Dec. 2020
Oskar Garcia,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
During this period, Dhillon moved away from the Review’s gleeful offensiveness toward positions suggesting a more moderate conservatism.
—
Quinta Jurecic,
The Atlantic,
13 Apr. 2026
The push came amid concerns about the offensiveness of the name.
—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Oct. 2025
There was a Lynchian quality to the podcast, a fun-house-size absurdism that offset its overt offensiveness.
—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
13 Aug. 2025
But Vanderbilt framed its investigation around offensiveness, not professional ethics—and offensiveness is not itself grounds for investigation.
—
Jonathan Marks,
Washington Post,
22 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offensiveness
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In fact, the retort could lead people to dangerously belittle the scourge and repugnance of real anti-Semitism.
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The series gets darker and more grotesque as the season progresses, and our uncomfortable laughter eventually fades into a grimace of repugnance.
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So, Tom Steyer, welcome to the hall of infamy of filthy-rich flops.
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In an era of algorithm outrage and viral infamy, the film's central warning has only sharpened.
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That sheer, unrelenting obnoxiousness made past iterations consistent overachievers on the sport’s biggest stage.
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Spock is this brilliant, arrogant, aloof-to-the-point-of-obnoxiousness genius.
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Despite Zack urging them all to rally on his behalf, there’s instant unpleasantness.
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Moreover, even when placed in packing bags, shoes (and even swimwear) can lend less-than-ideal stench to your luggage, and bar soap can help stave off the unpleasantness, so that every outfit feels freshly washed.
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The respected 13th-century Spanish rabbi Nachmanides (Ramban) chastises Lot for the atrocity of offering his daughters in place of the angels.
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While younger generations were taught in school about the atrocities of the Holocaust, the book found that family lore continued to sanitize the past with grandparents often painted as heroes, rescuers or victims themselves.
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Ridestore subjects materials to failure testing during both development and production, evaluating bond strength in laminated membranes, water-repellency performance and trim durability before materials move into manufacturing.
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It has been tested for durability, strength, stability and water repellency.
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The undesirability of the undead state is inherent in the term itself.
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There are hyper-local gags about the Williamsburg bar Union Pool and the undesirability of living in the Financial District, and a creature known as Rat Pizza — like Pizza Rat in reverse.
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