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Recent Examples of lunacy Ultimately the inevitable showdown between Hutch and the Queen Bee that Stone embodies also works, not just for the inventive bloodletting, but also the LOL lunacy of it all. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2025 No Broward official ever enacted such lunacies as banning fluoride in our water. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025 Such lunacy will plague Edgewater for generations to come. Steve Weinshel, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025 Epstein is a lose-lose situation for Trump Compounding the lunacy, there’s no way for Trump or anyone else to calm the outrage. Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for lunacy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunacy
Noun
  • Those members of Bachelor Nation who aren't familiar with the #MomTok insanity will have several months to get up to speed, as Paul's season of The Bachelorette will not premiere until 2026.
    Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
  • She was later extradited from South Korea in 2022, PEOPLE previously reported, and has since pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and is pursuing an insanity defense.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Seeing no future in fast food, Siemiatkowski took jobs as a dementia caretaker, school teacher, and eventually an internet subscription telemarketer.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Vision may be impacted and the sufferer will demonstrate symptoms of dementia before, ultimately, losing the ability to perform basic functions like eating, swallowing and breathing.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • To give you an idea of this madness, take a look at the photo at the top.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Continue reading … DAVID MARCUS – Progressive madness killed Charlie Kirk, a once-in-a-generation leader.
    , FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But my naivete and idiocy about what this was going to take was staggering to me just six months later.
    Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The race to find her killer and resulting city-wide hysteria captured the world's attention — and the murder remains unsolved nearly 70 years later despite numerous attempts to close the case.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Even as the hysteria over the absurdist subgenre has slowed, Mosele said the characters have transcended the digital realm and become an indelible part of pop culture.
    Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In terms that viewers of the original series might understand, Esmeralda falls somewhere between the tyranny of Michael Scott, the absurdity of Dwight Schrute, and the self-involvement of Kelly Kapoor with a particular charisma that only Impacciatore could pull off.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Still, Daniels and Koman drew on real research to capture the rhythms and absurdities of newsroom life.
    Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Those who enjoy the simplicity and ease of a hair serum will like Hers’s Minoxidil Solution.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The secret’s in the simplicity—and the rave reviews say it all.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Director Nisha Ganatra jollies it along, with editor Eleanor Infante making as much rhythmic sense of the mix-ups and physical craziness as possible.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Ganatra and Weiss make everything feel a bit mechanical rather than an escalating spiral of craziness, and too many scenes play like montage fodder without actually taking the plot anywhere.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025

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