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Recent Examples of inanity This column started out as The Week in Stupid, a roundup of the jaw-dropping inanities of the last seven days. Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2025 The conflict is a sustained demonstration of war’s essential inanity. George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025 And so, saying poor people choose to be poor and these kind of inanities at the time. Steve Baltin, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024 Unfortunately, any theme Feldman tries to hang on these slippery characters just slides off into inanity. Judy Berman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for inanity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inanity
Noun
  • Defense had planned to argue insanity Purdy’s trial had been scheduled to take place in July.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025
  • The trial was initially scheduled to begin three months ago but was delayed after Abril changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Eight is a cursed number, and this is the eighth day of madness.
    Fatemeh Shams June 30, Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
  • Lee’s sensitive, evolving turn as Gi-hun — deeply human amid the madness, paranoia and murder set in bright green and pink surroundings — has made the character the ideal litmus test for Hwang’s critique of an economic system designed to produce titanic winners and losers who face annihilation.
    Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • To stand and hold a place in simplicity is one of the most difficult things for any performer to do.
    Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 3 July 2025
  • The Wicked star loves the sonic drama of the track, in spite of its lyrical simplicity.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • As stocks surge, Chanos has been warning of other market absurdities including the proliferation of Bitcoin treasury companies which raise money to buy and hold the cryptocurrency.
    Glen Luke Flanagan, Fortune, 30 June 2025
  • In his high-energy hour, featuring plenty of material and crowd work alike, which was taped at the Neptune Theatre in Seattle, WA, Jackson tackles everything from racially questionable cookies to other everyday absurdities.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 June 2025

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