futility

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Recent Examples of futility Goldman Sachs and the conservative-leaning Tax Foundation both found that the tax boosts and tariffs would essentially cancel each other out (or worse), making this a potential exercise in economic futility. Quartz Staff, Quartz, 21 May 2025 In the Modern Era (since 1900), the Rockies stand alone in their futility. Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 15 May 2025 Adrift and emasculated, Stan is less a patriarch than the defeated captain of a sinking ship, drowning in his futility. Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025 The loss pushed Yeshiva’s record of futility into triple digits. Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for futility
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Noun
  • As research highlighted the inefficacy and unintended consequences of these laws, states rolled them back or modified them, mostly by partially repealing them or reducing the severity of mandatory sentences.
    John Leverso, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The solution is to test AI agents thoroughly to identify any inefficacies.
    Theo Schnitfink, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Studies show that patients not meeting the diagnostic criteria for testosterone deficiency are still being prescribed testosterone therapy, often based on vague symptoms.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 24 June 2025
  • Grassley cited a Government Accountability Office report issued last year that detailed deficiencies in the program’s management dating back to 2009.
    Ryan J. Foley, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025

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“Futility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/futility. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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