as in irrelevance
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Recent Examples of irrelevancy
Combustible pundit Nancy Grace has long languished in YouTube irrelevancy, but her hyper-sensational show makes a fitting vehicle for this white-hot topic.
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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
Despite Chutkan’s statement about irrelevancy, the Jan. 6 criminal case and the 2024 presidential election are linked by one person — Donald Trump.
—Michael McAuliffe, Sun Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2024
This takes me to my second point, namely that an AI-based chain-of-thought should be explicitly designed and constructed to rapidly distinguish relevancy versus irrelevancy.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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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
Despite Chutkan’s statement about irrelevancy, the Jan. 6 criminal case and the 2024 presidential election are linked by one person — Donald Trump.
—Michael McAuliffe, Sun Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2024
This takes me to my second point, namely that an AI-based chain-of-thought should be explicitly designed and constructed to rapidly distinguish relevancy versus irrelevancy.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrelevancy
irrelevance
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The surest sign, perhaps, of the business’s increasing irrelevance is its dependence on the kind of social-media star power its gatekeepers still don’t fully understand.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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From the rise of the internet to the smartphone boom, companies that failed to adapt faded into irrelevance.—
Jill Standish,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Irrelevancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrelevancy. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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