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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.
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Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2025
Given the overwhelming popularity of video hosting platforms, seen in the graph below, even some of the biggest streamers could face irrelevancy in the shadow of behemoths like YouTube and TikTok.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
Combustible pundit Nancy Grace has long languished in YouTube irrelevancy, but her hyper-sensational show makes a fitting vehicle for this white-hot topic.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2024
Does Anthony Davis really want to spend the rest of his prime in the shadows of irrelevancy?
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2025
Given the overwhelming popularity of video hosting platforms, seen in the graph below, even some of the biggest streamers could face irrelevancy in the shadow of behemoths like YouTube and TikTok.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
Combustible pundit Nancy Grace has long languished in YouTube irrelevancy, but her hyper-sensational show makes a fitting vehicle for this white-hot topic.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2024
Does Anthony Davis really want to spend the rest of his prime in the shadows of irrelevancy?
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrelevancy
irrelevance
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In the era of NIL, schools have to weigh their budget for sports as a way to keep from slipping into irrelevance, which could hurt donations from boosters and enrollment.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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From junior staffers worried about automation to managers fearing irrelevance, no one feels entirely safe.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Irrelevancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrelevancy. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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