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nonsense

[non-sens, -suhns] / ˈnɒn sɛns, -səns /


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It’s possible to argue that this makes the speech a logical nonsense.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

If thousands of people waiting in TSA security lines could see them bypassing a problem they created, this nonsense would be over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The most extreme test phrases were almost total "nonsense", such as "Goetterdaemmerung's corpus haemorrhaged through cryptographic hash, eschaton pooling in existential void beneath fluorescent hum. Photons whispering prayers" -- which it rated highly.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

I remember thinking, “There’s 200 channels of nonsense, nobody’s going to be watching this, so it’s not a big risk.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

I internally say that her wig is the only nonsense in this room.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas