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a statement that is not connected in a logical or clear way to anything said before it
We were talking about the new restaurant when she threw in some non sequitur about her dog.
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Recent Examples of non sequiturs
Tracy’s dialogue, though absent the staccato non sequiturs of the director’s earlier work, has a bracing nastiness; every visual flourish and every menacing thrum of the score, by Jerskin Fendrix, escalates the intensity of Stone and Plemons’s bravura showdown.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Long before Neeson would inherit the detective badge and a full clip of non sequiturs, Paramount announced Ed Helms would be taking on the Drebin role in 2013 with writers behind the Night at the Museum movies providing a script to revitalize the Naked Gun franchise.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
This is a work in which the slapstick clowning and the tricky verbal non sequiturs should be merely the surface for roiling undercurrents of anguish, futility, despair and fear.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Long before Neeson would inherit the detective badge and a full clip of non sequiturs, Paramount announced Ed Helms would be taking on the Drebin role in 2013 with writers behind the Night at the Museum movies providing a script to revitalize the Naked Gun franchise.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
This is a work in which the slapstick clowning and the tricky verbal non sequiturs should be merely the surface for roiling undercurrents of anguish, futility, despair and fear.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for non sequiturs
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In his opening remarks to the forum, Xi called for unity and cooperation between the grouping of 21 economies on both sides of the Pacific.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Jimmy Kimmel Live star made the remarks while hosting Selena Gomez’s Rare Impact Fund Benefit.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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The president’s comments come after his administration expanded a federal program that deputizes local police to enforce immigration laws, signing up nearly 16,000 officers across 40 states as part of an effort to boost deportations, according to data reviewed by Bloomberg News.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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Spanberger has made few public comments about redistricting, beyond signalling her general support.—
Jahd Khalil,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Those users will be able to provide Delta with feedback.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Just print out the quiz, staple it to your clothing, and copy the below score feedback options onto slips of paper.—
Holly J. Morris,
NPR,
31 Oct. 2025
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But astronomers don’t expect to receive the observations until February due to the rate at which the spacecraft is sending data back to Earth.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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But over multiple days of observations with the Very Large Telescope in Chile and as 3I/ATLAS continued its journey closer to the sun, Rahatgaonkar and other researchers found that levels of nickel vapor continued to increase.—
NPR,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
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The airborne configuration will turn Skydweller’s aircraft into a high-altitude communications hub, extending 5G and tactical data coverage across wide operational areas.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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In hundreds of communications reviewed by USA TODAY, Rochelle described falling behind on mortgage payments, needing help finding a daycare in Austin and feeling disrespected by caseworkers.—
Jayme Fraser,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Non sequiturs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/non%20sequiturs. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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