craziness

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Recent Examples of craziness Jacksonville has a successful Triple-A franchise, the Jumbo Shrimp, that won its league last year, bringing fun theme nights, quirky mascots and between-inning craziness. Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026 And there’s plenty more moving yet outrageous craziness to come. Alex Ritman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026 Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, 1982 Before the kids, the craziness and the reality show, the head-over-heels Brits tied the knot in Maui, Hawaii. Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026 The forecast for Thursday calls for craziness. Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 18 June 2026 Meanwhile, the Spurs had to rush off the court to avoid getting caught up in all the craziness. Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 June 2026 This would have been ’95 and all the craziness around samples was happening. Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 9 June 2026 There was something singular about the wide-eyed craziness of Sweeney, or Cloud’s aura of kindness. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026 Probst believes that confidence and craziness to experiment is what has made the show endure after 26 years and 50 seasons. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for craziness
Noun
  • Fewer than one per cent of Americans charged with felonies plead insanity, and the great majority of those who do have previously been hospitalized with a serious psychiatric condition.
    Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • And the polarizing trial of Lindsay Clancy, a labor-and-delivery nurse who pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity after killing her three children in 2023, has captivated the country since July.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • With one of the regional sites next April moving from Bridgeport to PeoplesBank Arena, and another regional scheduled for Springfield, UConn has a chance to really extend the madness past March around here.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Prison interviews and recovered footage slowly reveal how deeply entangled the two men had become in their shared madness.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The key is simplicity and predictability, giving producers confidence that American locations can compete with foreign alternatives.
    Sam Roseme, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Complexity can disguise poor thinking, while simplicity can expose it.
    Ricardo Bellino, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Coworkers spin up absurd theories about each other, and this setting—the office as the most fertile breeding ground for speculation—allows Park’s absurdities to bend plausibility without breaking it.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Georgian life in that period was extremely difficult, but there was also a kind of absurdity to it, even a charm.
    JD Linville, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Craziness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/craziness. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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