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as in humor
humorous entertainment
presented a night of comedy as part of the weeklong celebrations
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as in humorousness
the amusing quality or element in something
I just don't see the comedy in someone flunking a driving test that they really needed to pass
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Recent Examples of comedy
Whether that’s their next big undertaking, or just a great one-minute clip of internet comedy, viewers will have to tune in to find out.
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Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
3 July 2026
The plan is for Indiana’s comedy creative hub to generate at least three feature films per year, Indiana’s Marco Cohen — who has been spearheading the operation — told Variety.
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Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
2 July 2026
Marcello Hernández recalls quitting soccer to pursue comedy Speaking of the World Cup, Hernández recently attended the Colombia-Portugal match in Miami.
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Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Swift has served as host and musical guest on the sketch-comedy show over the years.
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Lily Boyce,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
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Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
3 July 2026
The plan is for Indiana’s comedy creative hub to generate at least three feature films per year, Indiana’s Marco Cohen — who has been spearheading the operation — told Variety.
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Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
2 July 2026
Marcello Hernández recalls quitting soccer to pursue comedy Speaking of the World Cup, Hernández recently attended the Colombia-Portugal match in Miami.
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Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Swift has served as host and musical guest on the sketch-comedy show over the years.
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Lily Boyce,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedy
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And yet for God’s sake, just look at the man—at his dispiriting attempts at humor, his weirdly off-putting outfits, his incessant posting of banalities and faux profundities and extreme-right disinformation on social media.
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But what keeps this show on my perpetual rewatch list is its humor, heart and endless humanity.
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The specific irony of something like an Hermès HAC being categorized as hyperfeminine is that the bag was created in the late 19th century as a carryall for horse riding equipment, much like the rest of the brand’s offerings at the time.
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The irony is that in not trying to pass muster with more conservative theatergoers (and their fastidious institutional guardians), playwrights have been winning over not just critics but also formerly squeamish artistic directors and perennially nervous Broadway producers.
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Beneath its gleeful barrage of kink, karaoke, and absurdist comedy lies a sharp satire of exclusion, identity, and liberation within contemporary Queer culture.
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After the White House initially defended the post as satire, the video in question was deleted after a backlash including from some Republicans.
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“Comedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedy. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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