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Examples of preposterous in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Using fake, entertaining, often preposterous images to score political points is hardly new. Phil Wahba, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2024 Okay, that might sound a little preposterous given the fact that the team has already retired 24 numbers, the most in the NBA. Hunter Felt, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 The idea that the world’s largest and most diversified economy needs a sovereign wealth fund to direct investment — on top of all the government direction of investment that already takes place through other channels — is preposterous. The Editors, National Review, 13 Sep. 2024 Read: Nutrition science’s most preposterous result Even yogurt options that don’t look dessertlike can still be laced with sugar. Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for preposterous 

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“Preposterous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preposterous. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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