irreverent
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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
At the time, the irreverent news website had seemingly cracked the code for social-media virality.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
Known for dark, irreverent and unfiltered stand-up, his joke-related legal case reached the Supreme Court of Canada, which ruled in his favor in 2021, an important decision for free expression in comedy and satire.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 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
You’ve used your irreverent, hectoring funny and thought-provoking voice to create a space for real conversations about an important subject.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing irreverent
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