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irreverent

[ih-rev-er-uhnt] / ɪˈrɛv ər ənt /


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“Club Kid” is a blast: a spicy, surprising and irreverent comedy that rarely peddles the audience anything artificially sweet.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

There’s just one episode to go in the fifth and final season of Prime Video’s irreverent superhero satire, “The Boys.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Her irreverent photographs show off the style: They are framed waist down or shoulders up, from ground level or from far above.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

For decades, Chinese brothers Gao Zhen and Gao Qiang have made a name for themselves with sculptures like this: irreverent contemporary artworks that skewer the authoritarian past, and present, of their native homeland.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

The cold sun made their faces like copper and brass, and through the closed window John heard their coarse, irreverent voices.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin




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