absurdity
Example Sentences
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Investigative journalist Vicky Ward, who has reported on Epstein for decades, captured the absurdity plainly.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
Which is why some of the best moments in these shows are moments of absurdity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
There might be a small touch of some discomfort or dissonance or awkwardness or absurdity or something.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
"Perhaps the real absurdity lies not in imagining a tool-using cow, but in assuming such a thing could never exist."
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
When Mary stood to cut the cake, Tony was struck by the absurdity of the scene.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
Vocabulary lists containing absurdity
Stargirl
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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Vocabulary from the Sixth Democratic Debate, February 11, 2016
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