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Forty-seven has special significance there thanks to a jokey student project from the '60s, which attempted to prove that the number appears in nature more often than any other.—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2026 Soccer nationalism has become largely carnivalesque— a giant costume party, a jokey, theatrical form of chauvinism.—Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026 The files include jokey exchanges and emails planning visits to Epstein properties, teeth-whitening appointments and shopping trips.—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026 The files include jokey exchanges and emails planning visits to Epstein properties, teeth-whitening appointments and shopping trips.—Jill Lawless, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for jokey