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
  • But this is preposterous, this is insanity, this is the very essence of bedlam.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The need for any person to openly brandish a sidearm or a person to carry an assault rifle on his shoulder is absolute insanity.
    — Dan Sweeney, Sun Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The director likens his own role on the trip to that of Bill, who is slowly driven to madness by worrying about a particular child, the class punching bag Kenneth (Olof Olingdahl).
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Common sense gun regulations are the only hope for reversing this madness.
    — Dan Sweeney, Sun Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • But the beautiful simplicity of East of Eden has always been its idea that nothing is finished.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • These poems are made with some of the simplicity and directness of a song.
    — Colm Tóibín, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Sadly, Showalter and the scriptwriter, Nick Antosca, are completely unable to meet these demands, with the result that the absurdities are all on the screen.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
  • None of this ever accumulates much weight, however, since the conflicts are all dulled by the one-note absurdity of the farcical plotting.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Craziness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/craziness. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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