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Recent Examples of lunacy How can Republicans in the Senate and Congress aid and abet this lunacy? Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2025 Goggins is simply incredible, fully committed to Baby Billy’s comic lunacy yet never losing sight of his recovering sinner’s withered heart. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025 The public wants the economy humming, the border secure, and an end to woke lunacy — not tariffs and irrelevant indulgences. Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 11 Mar. 2025 To suggest that anyone who vaccinates their kids doesn’t love them is a whole new level of lunacy. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lunacy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunacy
Noun
  • Defense had planned to argue insanity Purdy’s trial had been scheduled to take place in July.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025
  • The trial was initially scheduled to begin three months ago but was delayed after Abril changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Due to his battle with dementia, Wilson was placed under a conservatorship in February 2024, weeks after the death of his wife, Melinda Ledbetter Wilson.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
  • Fannie’s Friends support group: Fannie’s Friends is a virtual support group for adult daughters and granddaughters caring for those living with dementia.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Eight is a cursed number, and this is the eighth day of madness.
    Fatemeh Shams June 30, Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
  • Lee’s sensitive, evolving turn as Gi-hun — deeply human amid the madness, paranoia and murder set in bright green and pink surroundings — has made the character the ideal litmus test for Hwang’s critique of an economic system designed to produce titanic winners and losers who face annihilation.
    Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • For the past few days, though, the internet has been gripped with Monterrey wall fever, the kind of mass hysteria that can really only take hold during the long, delirious advance of a summer tournament.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 22 June 2025
  • Trump’s ‘smoke and mirrors’ But the government has not signaled any sense of hysteria about Trump’s decision to hold off on a strike on Iran for two weeks.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Mika Rottenberg’s work explores the pure absurdities of our current world.
    Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • These over-the-top moments and the absurdity of its title may be the elements that made Zombi 2 famous, but beneath them is a movie with an eerie, uncanny vibe that's shockingly easy to get lost in.
    James Grebey, Time, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Young consumers receptive to silk lingerie and sleepwear still demand machine-wash convenience and price sensitivity, while design styles must balance traditional aesthetics with modern tastes—blending simplicity, comfort and a sense of technology.
    SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 24 June 2025
  • In fact, many found AI content to be more personable and enjoyable, possibly due to its simplicity and accessibility.
    Katie Jewett, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025

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“Lunacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunacy. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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