irrelevancy

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Recent Examples of irrelevancy In other words, if a creditor can obtain the judgment in federal court or somehow maneuver it there, then charging order exclusivity goes out the window or at least will be relegated to no more than a footnote to its irrelevancy. Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 While Shashouda says the stereotype was always false, Swift’s engagement also proves its irrelevancy. Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025 In recent years Superman has become something of a nowhere man, a caped irrelevancy. Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 July 2025 While president of basketball operations Jeff Peterson hasn’t been known to work the phones on draft night, Charlotte’s front office is taking an opportunistic approach to emerge from NBA irrelevancy. Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for irrelevancy
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irrelevance
Noun
  • The real verdict will come from real users, and that's where this platform will either validate its promise or fade into irrelevance.
    Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • This is familiar territory for singular sports figures; think of how, over three seasons of 100 Foot Wave, big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara has opened up about his own vacillation between craving dominance and fearing irrelevance.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026

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“Irrelevancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrelevancy. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

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