jest
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People will tell you who they are regardless, even and especially in jest.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
It is said in jest, but Hill fancies the chase.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025
“I highly recommend not going to the bathroom during the performance,” co-founder Calla Henkel warned the crowd, half in jest.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025
They blur the line between personal and professional attire with a confidence that seems to jest at our conformity: Didn’t you sheeple know the rules are made up?
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
Slant did not at first understand the jest; Pomp explained, “The roaches, they talk too, then. In Vishnoo’s stomach.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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