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Recent Examples of comedy Emmy winner Jackée Harry (227) is set for a guest-starring role on Season 2 of Netflix’s comedy A Man on the Inside, starring Ted Danson. Denise Petski, Deadline, 3 July 2025 The time-traveling comedy premiered in theaters on July 3, 1985, featuring Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd as Doc. Kate Hogan, People.com, 3 July 2025 This fun family event is full of comedy and audience participation. Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2025 Some say Hollywood has given up on comedy, but comedy should never give up on Hollywood, despite better incentives being offered elsewhere. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for comedy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedy
Noun
  • There is a good deal of this kind of humor, along with plenty of rectitude.
    Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • Her warmth and humor and affection stayed hidden behind a wall of invulnerability.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Earlier, during his days with Monty Python, Gilliam co-wrote biblical black comedy The Life of Brian, whose themes of religious satire drew accusations of blasphemy and protests.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 7 July 2025
  • The logline portends a comedy, possibly a parody, even a satire.
    Robert Lloyd, Twin Cities, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • The irony of a post-George W. Bush government possibly recognizing this despite also being inclined to sleepwalk into a disastrous Middle East war is strange and potent.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
  • Then, in one of football’s crueler ironies, the very first fall after he gets cut, the Broncos go 10-7 and snap that postseason curse like an old branch.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 July 2025

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“Comedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedy. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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