inanes

plural of inane

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for inanes
Noun
  • The flare suggests there are unknown populations of giant stars near the centers of large galaxies, which also host supermassive black holes — and sheds light on the complicated interactions between two behemoths.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The amplitude of gravitational waves arising dense masses (black holes and/or neutron stars) inspiraling into a low-mass black hole’s event horizon is the greatest in the known Universe.
    Big Think, Big Think, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The Rochester Police Department in New York has 100 vacancies, according to Spectrum News 1.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Studying Sheriff's Office vacancies, hiring and excessive overtime.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The department placed its last order of blanks (the flat metal disks used to make the coins) in May.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Throughout the movie, Lanthimos doles out pieces of backstory in short, dreamlike sequences that unfurl in black and white, artfully filling in the blanks of Teddy’s particular interest in Michelle.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Inanes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inanes. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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