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Recent Examples of wittiness
D’heygere There’s no one who reads the room better than Stéphanie D’heygere — and adds plenty of wittiness and humor to it.
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Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wittiness
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There was the irony of starting with a tune anticipating the end, and literally just before the start of summer.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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Brit Pop often trafficked in ironies, distances, and coolness.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
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The harp is not an instrument of slyness, wryness, or the earth.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
28 Apr. 2026
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That was the best type of ridiculousness that I’ve been involved in.—
Carita Rizzo,
Deadline,
14 June 2026
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Ru’s previous movies, like her blaxploitation parody series Starrbooty, are entertainingly low-budget ridiculousness but not worth paying to see on the big screen.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
12 June 2026
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After Monday’s ruling, social media lit up with criticism for Sorsby regaining eligibility minus the first two games of the 2026 season, while others pointed out the seeming absurdity.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 June 2026
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There was an absurdity to it all that took the edge off the menace.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Well, the Premier League table is definitely worth looking at, if only to marvel at its ludicrousness.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Federal agents training alongside UFC fighters, a title contender working out inside FBI headquarters and a UFC event on White House grounds would have sounded like satire just a few years ago.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
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In this section, artists Wendy Red Star, Omar Victor Diop, Yuki Kihara, Frida Orupabo, and Dimakatso Mathopa mine the tropes and cliches borne of these images, and through satire and recontextualization, offer works that center their own empowerment and subjectivity.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
10 June 2026
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“Wittiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wittiness. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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