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Recent Examples of absurdity But cuteness adds a touch of whimsical absurdity that further defangs the power hungry. Yii-Jan Lin, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025 The book clocks the absurdities of human conduct like few others. Dwight Garner, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025 Sure, The Critic had its fair sure of absurdity (one character was from Easter Island and bore a striking resemblance to a moai statue), but the New York in which it was set felt real in a way that Springfield or Quahog never did. Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Mar. 2025 Featuring intertwining narratives of doctors and patients, the film also includes a group of doctors-turned-comedians who use humor to highlight the absurdities of the system. Lise Pedersen, Variety, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for absurdity
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Noun
  • Dominguez has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing two people and grievously wounding a third over the space of five days in April and May 2023.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2025
  • However, on April 18, a judge in Fulton County Superior Court dropped the charges against Calabrese-Lewis, ordering that she should be declared not guilty by reason of insanity, citing her mental illness, according to the filing obtained by PEOPLE.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Liam Twomey got his teeth into the Marvel Comics-style madness of Real Madrid’s ‘El Loco’, Antonio Rudiger (above).
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • The madness in the auditoriums has understandably irked theater operators and unsuspecting patrons, especially when one attendee brought a live chicken into a showing.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The simplicity of his resting place follows the express request made by Francis in his will.
    Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Asawa’s own words posted throughout the exhibit reflect the simplicity of her genius.
    Robert Taylor, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025

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