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language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
don't give me that jazz about how you didn't know that it was illegal
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Recent Examples of jazz
The festival’s debut comes at a time when jazz is enjoying a massive uptick in popularity and exposure in Los Angeles.
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Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
Aesthetics aside, comfort also plays a role in the appeal of jazz shoes, as customers are looking to invest in stylish options that can handle 10,000 steps a day.
—Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
The event featured a cocktail reception with live jazz and dance performances, an awards ceremony honoring community and arts leaders, food, prominent Liberty Station artists and more.
—Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
From post-bop in the 1960s to jazz fusion in the ‘70s and pioneering electronic sounds in the ‘80s, few if any jazz musicians have had longer, more fascinatingly varied careers than Herbie Hancock, who’s still earning rave reviews for his live performances at 86 years old.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Apr. 2026
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Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
Aesthetics aside, comfort also plays a role in the appeal of jazz shoes, as customers are looking to invest in stylish options that can handle 10,000 steps a day.
—Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
The event featured a cocktail reception with live jazz and dance performances, an awards ceremony honoring community and arts leaders, food, prominent Liberty Station artists and more.
—Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
From post-bop in the 1960s to jazz fusion in the ‘70s and pioneering electronic sounds in the ‘80s, few if any jazz musicians have had longer, more fascinatingly varied careers than Herbie Hancock, who’s still earning rave reviews for his live performances at 86 years old.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jazz
Noun
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The unsaturated fats in nuts can help lower LDL cholesterol levels, and the fiber in raisins can help reduce fat absorption.—
Jennifer Berger,
Verywell Health,
4 May 2026
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The provision store sells loose candy, nuts, mixes, cereal and pet food.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
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And Bianco’s rhetoric about forcing changes in state law enforcement — especially on immigration — without the cooperation of Democratic supermajorities in the Legislature is authoritarian nonsense.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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There’s still all this nonsense about the temptation of the female body, and the need for nuns to shield themselves from prying eyes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Not a dog barking or a feral cat knocking the lid off the garbage.—
Ellen Bass,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The protester who threw a garbage bin was arrested for reckless endangerment shortly after cops arrive, officials said.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2026
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The American League West is a Buc-ees-sized truck stop of blah, and an 81-win team could win it.—
Mac Engel
April 30,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Apr. 2026
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Turn a blah brunch into a party with our famous Party Potatoes.—
Krissy Tiglias,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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From the Japanese point of view, leaving rubbish piled up in a stadium would be a bother to others.—
Stephen Wade,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Local villages are actively monitoring the oceans and reefs in their environment, and backlash to a recent plan from a billionaire Australian to build a giant plant to incinerate rubbish in Fiji was loud and well organized, says Singh.—
MIchelle Duff,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
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That men like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are entrusted with businesses of tectonic influence can be difficult to understand, but their cults of personality have been able to survive scrutiny, perhaps because the money itself is too imposing a firewall for their own stupidity to penetrate.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
19 Apr. 2026
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Eric Swalwell, a prominent Democratic House member and a front-runner in the race for California governor, had his political career blown up by allegations of degeneracy and abject stupidity.—
Michelle Cottle,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Commentors, of course, had a mixed bag of reactions, ranging from arguing that Kelce is the Duchess of Delco to criticizing the governor's silliness.—
Kaitlyn McCormick,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Yet there’s wisdom amid the silliness, as the story gently makes a case for the necessity of grief, mindfulness and mortal awareness, even in a life otherwise unburdened by adult human responsibility.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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His early work with the Heartbreakers had an affinity with the more cutting-edge sounds of punk and new wave; the term pop punk probably comes from the New York Times critic John Rockwell’s write-up of a Petty performance at the Bottom Line in 1977.—
Jack Hamilton,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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While country storytelling shaped her structure, Swift said emo and pop-punk music sharpened her lyrical instincts.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Jazz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jazz. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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