absurd
Example Sentences
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Price-weighting has no end of absurd consequences, not the least of which is what happens when there is a stock split.
From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026
Maybe they send absurd memes or intentionally confusing replies.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
How fortunate we are that chronicling and exploding our absurd reality is writer-director Boots Riley’s whole thing.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
Chow wrote in a letter to a group of families of victims of the crackdown this month: "This is an absurd trial where the plaintiff has become the defendant."
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
He was perfectly aware of how absurd it sounded when, for instance, his wife told people, “My husband thinks he and Spider-Man are living the same life.”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing absurd
Unit 1: Telling Details
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