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Noun
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Without this clarity, innovation can drift into irrelevance.—
Nishant Satya Lakshmikanth,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025 -
Meanwhile, Netanyahu would only grow stronger, while his rivals—Naftali Bennett and the rest—would fade into irrelevance.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Noun
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Unfortunately, the blackout in the Iberian Peninsula is not an anomaly but rather a consequence of regulatory inadequacies, grid technologies, and extreme weather events.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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The failures have highlighted inadequacies of current radar systems that are supposed to work together to provide air traffic controllers a comprehensive view of all activity on the runways and over airspace.—
Vanessa Romo,
NPR,
14 May 2025
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“Pointlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointlessness. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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