futility
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Meanwhile. the Indiana Pacers matched a franchise record for futility with their 12th straight defeat, falling 135-127 to the Magic in Orlando.
From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026
Bowden’s suggestion that unhappy Pirates fans exhausted by the perennial futility try the Dodgers did not go over well in Pittsburgh.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025
The futility and frustration of dieting has in recent years ignited a resistance movement of sorts, encouraging women, especially, to reject social pressures to maintain a slender form.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
“The frantic futility of constantly searching for a new place,” he wrote his longtime friend, Johnny Dark, “a new life, a new partner. As though change itself were some kind of elixir.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
But after realizing the futility of that task, he simply hung up on the calls that began early in the morning and continued long into the night.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Vocabulary lists containing futility
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