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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
After some personnel adjustments, the group, which graced the cover of every jazz publication in the early 2000s, will play its final shows in 2026, including a stop at the Boulder Theater on March 16.
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Bret Saunders, Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2026
The tune is a deeply emotional, autobiographical jazz ballad about guidance, resilience, and the wisdom passed down through generations, especially from mothers and grandmothers.
—Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Simone Taylor celebrates her birthday with friends at the Sunday jazz brunch at Bloom Ranch.
—Martine Thompson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Coleman’s point is not to replace jazz or compete with the American Jazz Museum or Mutual Musicians Foundation.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
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Bret Saunders, Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2026
The tune is a deeply emotional, autobiographical jazz ballad about guidance, resilience, and the wisdom passed down through generations, especially from mothers and grandmothers.
—Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Simone Taylor celebrates her birthday with friends at the Sunday jazz brunch at Bloom Ranch.
—Martine Thompson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Coleman’s point is not to replace jazz or compete with the American Jazz Museum or Mutual Musicians Foundation.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jazz
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The spline structure inside the nuts, the non-fixed gripping posture, and interference from magnetic forces significantly increased assembly complexity.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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Pillowy layers of white cake make this one a classic, but an assortment of fruits and nuts like cherries and pecans set it apart.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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The whole tariff nonsense, the tariffs that were struck down by the Supreme Court, those tariffs rested on false claims by the president of the United States about economic emergency.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2026
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And don’t give me the lacking pass protection nonsense.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
2 Mar. 2026
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Keep garbage bins covered and clean them frequently to remove sticky foods.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
7 Mar. 2026
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It has been used as a military camp, garbage dump, and recreational area throughout its history.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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What l find tiresome is l feel l am continually getting advice from people about different treatments, meds, PT, how to walk, blah blah.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Switch Out Your Throw Pillows Bringing some new throw pillows into the mix can take your living room from blah to beautiful, designers say.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
31 Jan. 2026
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Ford Aerospace Company was nearby, but the immediate area was known more for a buffalo ranch and a landfill, where residents of Santa Ana and other nearby cities would drop off rubbish in Newport Beach.—
Richard Dunn,
Oc Register,
5 Mar. 2026
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Piles of human scraps offer a bottomless buffet to wildlife, and to access that bounty, animals need to be bold enough to rummage through human rubbish but not so bold as to become a threat to people.—
Marina Wang,
Scientific American,
14 Nov. 2025
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Any who show up are declaring their indelible stupidity and misogyny.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
24 Feb. 2026
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As to the famous fine line between stupid and clever, the stupidity and the cleverness are all but inextricable, and to the point.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The characters’ propensity for ugly faces, silliness and a bit of grossness too, stems from the portrayals of girlhood and young womanhood that appeal to them.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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As Mozart, Sam Clemmett is wonderful, carefully navigating the silliness and sullenness of a character who’s been drawn as part boy, part man.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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Katie Waldron Cascadia – In the world of sparring environmentalists and loggers in Coastal Oregon, a wildlife biologist, a timber worker, and a pyromaniac punk come together to form an environmental activist group and navigate a blossoming love triangle.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2026
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The revamped Sex Pistols, the pioneering English punk-rock band that imploded in early 1978 after a tumultuous run that lasted barely two years, are San Diego-bound.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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