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But coming from Alexander Karp, the CEO and cofounder of Palantir Technologies, this concern-trolling about a growing censoriousness in ‘the culture’ feels almost intentional in its absurdity.—
Book Marks
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025 -
The result is an absurdity that can elicit instinctual laughter at the grossest imagery imaginable.—
Robert Niles,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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This is only the first week of Mafiathon 3, meaning there is only more ridiculousness to come.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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But what’s novel is the sheer ridiculousness of the Lafufus.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
24 Aug. 2025
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This gets to the heart of a paradox in American politics.—
John J. Donohue,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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This paradox—seeing the system as rigged but loath to fall into the NPC pit—is emerging as a defining Gen Z quality.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Likewise, the airy comedy (boosted by Thomas Newman’s sprightly if familiar-sounding score) insists on the seeming incongruity between the film’s lovely setting and its darker subject matter.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
22 Aug. 2025
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In contemplating the religious system of the Aztecs, one is struck with its apparent incongruity, as if some portion of it had emanated from a comparatively refined people, open to gentle influences, while the rest breathes a spirit of unmitigated ferocity.—
Sebastian Purcell
August 18,
Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
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The irony is that, after a tough couple of decades, the package holiday sector had recaptured the imagination of investors once more.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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New York, as might be expected, has led the industry, although the irony is that the number of restaurants extant in New York has been more or less the same for most of the 21stcentury––about 28,000 eateries, including traditional restaurants, cafés, food trucks and bars that serve food.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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As a discipline, advertising is beset by all sorts of weird internal contradictions, although that’s probably to be expected, given the thankless job commercials are tasked with carrying out.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Others pointed out the contradiction between tone and content.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Quantum computers, which harness the peculiarities of quantum physics for gains in speed and computing ability over classical machines, may one day revolutionize technology.—
Ananya Palivela,
Scientific American,
30 Aug. 2025
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Beyond that technical stuff there is the peculiarity of what happens in the poem.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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This means ending the false dichotomy between college and career pathways.—
Matt Gandal,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Busta also received an assist from Papoose and Joyner Lucas, all of them sharing lyrical wordplay and seamless tradeoffs as Busta swung between his trademark dichotomy of rapping to gruff bellowing.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Illogicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogicality. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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