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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
Even in his stillest moments, Reilly hums with the restlessness of a jazz explorer.
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Brad Shoup, Pitchfork, 24 Jan. 2026
For the past dozen years Satterfield has also been an integral part of the jazz trio Interplay, which includes Bell and pianist Dave Mackay.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
One of Smith’s paintings, featuring two jazz musicians, was purchased by Wurth and now hangs in the Troost39 thrift shop.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026
Other musicians who have canceled their Kennedy Center appearances include Issa Rae, Philadelphia rock band Low Cut Connie, singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens, Chuck Redd, jazz band the Cookers, and folk singer Kristy Lee — just to name a few.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
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Brad Shoup, Pitchfork, 24 Jan. 2026
For the past dozen years Satterfield has also been an integral part of the jazz trio Interplay, which includes Bell and pianist Dave Mackay.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
One of Smith’s paintings, featuring two jazz musicians, was purchased by Wurth and now hangs in the Troost39 thrift shop.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026
Other musicians who have canceled their Kennedy Center appearances include Issa Rae, Philadelphia rock band Low Cut Connie, singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens, Chuck Redd, jazz band the Cookers, and folk singer Kristy Lee — just to name a few.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jazz
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Morton kosher salt; process until nuts are very finely chopped, about 30 seconds.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Granola One of the original ‘health foods,’ granola contains many nutritious ingredients, such as oats, nuts, and seeds.—
Sarah Anzlovar,
Verywell Health,
26 Jan. 2026
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Subsequent rulings expanded the assault on our electoral system, including Citizens United, which equates people to corporations — more nonsense.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
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There will be times when too much time on my hands leads to nonsense, like deep character dives on Instagram regarding the wives of ex-boyfriends.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Installed on the former garbage dump bounded by Sunset, Lewis, Western and Glen Flora avenues, there are now 20,000 solar panels.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Rescuers retrieved eight people alive and were searching for the missing still trapped after a huge mound of garbage and debris collapsed on them in the village of Binaliw in Cebu city, police said.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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In other words, our complexion is looking pallid, our skin is dry, and our overall appearance is just a little blah at the moment.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
2 Jan. 2026
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Instead of layers upon layers of neutral greige tones that simply feel blah, embrace contrast, rich tones, surfaces with a patina, and items that tell a story.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Dec. 2025
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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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Helga once wrestled down a drunk fisherman in the Café, a man of above-average size, and then threw him out like a piece of rubbish; Jens thus transfers most of his weight automatically to her; who is this kid, by the way?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Huw just spazzes out most of the time, and Patrick is incredibly transparent and succeeds more because of luck and the stupidity of others rather than his own intellect.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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My love of the theater and my love of the people who dedicate their life to creativity and the kind of highs and lows of that life, and the silliness and stupidity of that life, and the moments of elegiac grace.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Hellmann’s is hoping a healthy does of silliness will help its Super Bowl recipe.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
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But The Moment is too self-conscious to really commit to such silliness.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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Consider Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History podcast, which began in 2006, developing its current long-form, immersive format that explores major historical topics with a punk sensibility.—
Frank Racioppi,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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In Derek Jarman’s 1978 film Jubilee, the punk-scene celebrity Jordan cheekily refers to a Situationist slogan that had appeared on the walls of the Latin Quarter in Paris during the uprising of May 1968.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Jazz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jazz. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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