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absurd

[uhb-surd, -zurd] / əbˈsɜrd, -ˈzɜrd /


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Chmielewski dismissed this comment as "absurd and outrageous".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

To Todd, a resale market in which nosebleeds ran $8,000 Thursday is absurd.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“The whole thing is a joke,” Hilton went on to say of California elections, which of course, is absurd.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

"I don't even know how to respond to that, other than to tell you that it's absurd and ridiculous," Rubio told the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Farmer had already pointed out how absurd it was that the United States had some of the best TB care in the world, but where, he asked, was the TB?

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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