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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 combination of jazz, hip-hop and community-centered gatherings reflects the district’s effort to showcase both its historical roots and contemporary cultural landscape.
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J.m. Banks
june 13, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
Hotel Juana The little sister to Hôtel Belles Rives, neighboring Hotel Juana’s Rolodex of guests during its heyday in the 1930s included the likes of jazz stars and royalty, like Duke Ellington and the Duke of Windsor.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
Jobim and Regina’s alchemical duet lives in the pantheon of great jazz performances, but even on paper, the song is a masterwork of lyrical and compositional synergy.
—Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 13 June 2026
For decades, jazz legends and loyal fans have filled this cozy, intimate venue, seating roughly 100.
—Terell Bailey, CBS News, 12 June 2026
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J.m. Banks
june 13, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
Hotel Juana The little sister to Hôtel Belles Rives, neighboring Hotel Juana’s Rolodex of guests during its heyday in the 1930s included the likes of jazz stars and royalty, like Duke Ellington and the Duke of Windsor.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
Jobim and Regina’s alchemical duet lives in the pantheon of great jazz performances, but even on paper, the song is a masterwork of lyrical and compositional synergy.
—Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 13 June 2026
For decades, jazz legends and loyal fans have filled this cozy, intimate venue, seating roughly 100.
—Terell Bailey, CBS News, 12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jazz
Noun
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Tawny Port spends years in barrel, picking up notes of caramel, nuts, and toffee along the way.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Pairing them with a meal containing some fat, even avocado toast or yogurt with nuts, makes a real difference.—
Allison Palmer
Updated June 13,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
Noun
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Not only is that nonsense, but Israel took this into account.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
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Get outta here with that nonsense.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
Noun
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Every campsite has a bear-resistant food locker, and visitors are being reminded to store food, garbage and other attractants properly.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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While the Doral incinerator used to burn about half of the county’s daily trash supply, Miami-Dade is now using trucks and trains to send its garbage to landfills across Florida.—
Douglas Hanks
June 11,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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Best Fashion Deals If your summer wardrobe is feeling a little blah, Amazon’s Outlet fashion deals are the perfect place for a refresh.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
4 June 2026
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There’s also the logical blah blah that a sequel is good for the greater franchise ecosystem, read viewers will rewatch Star Wars movies on Disney+, etc.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
25 May 2026
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So where does the rubbish come from?—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
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With no petrol to run dustbin trucks, rubbish is being burnt in the streets.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
31 May 2026
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Final negotiations on ‘Peace’ are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.—
Ananya Chetia,
CNBC,
8 June 2026
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Don’t just try to be brilliant; focus on avoiding stupidity.—
Nilton Bernini,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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But what pushed the situation from the realm of silliness to sinister was a US operation to seize Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife from their home in Caracas on January 3, 2026.—
Joshua Hunt,
Vanity Fair,
17 June 2026
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On one hand, this is silliness; Swift barely even lived here.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
8 June 2026
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Black Friday is just a little snot-nosed punk swinging his fists in the air.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
16 June 2026
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During its brief existence, the Long Beach trio treated squeaky South Bay punk and bratty white-boy hip-hop as the unlikely boundaries of their sampledelic dirtbag reggae.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
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“Jazz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jazz. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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