as in remarks
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
The non sequiturs, or seeming non sequiturs (like Carol moonlighting as a baseball umpire despite having little knowledge of baseball) abound.
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Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Feb. 2026
Brown kept getting sidetracked with tangents and non sequiturs, on topics both momentous and random.
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Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2026
These sequences can be beguilingly attractive, but their inclusions are complete non sequiturs — blink-and-you’ll-miss-it digressions toward a more engaging film.
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Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2026
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.
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Chris Lee,
Vulture,
4 Aug. 2025
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Feb. 2026
Brown kept getting sidetracked with tangents and non sequiturs, on topics both momentous and random.
—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2026
These sequences can be beguilingly attractive, but their inclusions are complete non sequiturs — blink-and-you’ll-miss-it digressions toward a more engaging film.
—
Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2026
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.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for non sequiturs
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Inspectors from the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog will visit nuclear sites in Iran, its chief has said, after contradictory remarks from the US and Iran on whether those sites would be inspected as part of their agreement to end the war.
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Trump is expected to deliver remarks, and the event coincides with the Great American State Fair and a FIFA World Cup watch party on the National Mall.
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His comments represent the clearest indication yet from a state official that the facility may be winding down.
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Or means that any comments are supposedly hypocritical.
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Dealers face a challenging feedback loop.
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Researchers plan to gather operational feedback and refine the technology based on how troops would use it in the field.
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Interviewers often leave meetings with random observations scribbled on a notepad.
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The comic was partially inspired by Tamaki’s observations of students during teaching at the New York City School of Visual Arts, or just small frustrations.
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References to the president were also stripped from email signatures and communications, as well as papers like brochures, press releases and contracts.
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The Air Force has been modifying the jet in Texas since September to meet the security, communications and other needs to transport the president.
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“Non sequiturs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/non%20sequiturs. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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