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Recent Examples of ha-ha
Great roles and performances, but, ha-ha, Phoenix earned his first Academy Award for Joker in 2020.
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Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Mar. 2026
But funny ha-ha peculiar, just like the director.
—John Waters, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Is there anything in the wings at the IRS that will provide some guidance as to the taxable or nontaxable (ha-ha) nature of that lump sum?
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Not so much ha-ha funny as smart funny, which is probably for the best.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Naked Gun showed that there remains a ceiling with broad comedies in the streaming era, specifically titles that aren’t hybrid (hybrid meaning a movie like Deadpool & Wolverine which is half superhero, half ha-ha).
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025
He’s also involved in some dodgy side hustles, which leads to a lot of peripheral gunplay and tangential, ha-ha–bang-bang set pieces that feel cherry-picked from Coen’s back catalog.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
Not ha-ha funny but rather the hard-to-define, hard-to-precisely-quantify, kind of funny, like how the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is funny.
—Seth Matlins, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Mar. 2026
But funny ha-ha peculiar, just like the director.
—John Waters, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Is there anything in the wings at the IRS that will provide some guidance as to the taxable or nontaxable (ha-ha) nature of that lump sum?
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Not so much ha-ha funny as smart funny, which is probably for the best.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Naked Gun showed that there remains a ceiling with broad comedies in the streaming era, specifically titles that aren’t hybrid (hybrid meaning a movie like Deadpool & Wolverine which is half superhero, half ha-ha).
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025
He’s also involved in some dodgy side hustles, which leads to a lot of peripheral gunplay and tangential, ha-ha–bang-bang set pieces that feel cherry-picked from Coen’s back catalog.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
Not ha-ha funny but rather the hard-to-define, hard-to-precisely-quantify, kind of funny, like how the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is funny.
—Seth Matlins, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ha-ha
Noun
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This is the strategic moat that most investors are ignoring.—
Vivek Ranadive,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Banking app Dave says its moat is its regulatory relationships and its credit underwriting.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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If reaching a safe shelter is not possible, either crouch down in your car and cover your head, or leave your vehicle and seek refuge in a low-lying area like a ditch or ravine.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
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Haruki Murakami found fatally roasted in a ditch.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Makeshift trenches with food supplies and utensils belonging to the miners were also dismantled, with clothing items left behind after the miners fled the site in Randfontein, about 25 miles west of Johannesburg.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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Chalamet wore a black-and-yellow plaid shirt, while Jenner wore a blue leather trench.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Ha-ha.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ha-ha. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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