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pointlessness







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The Union of Soviet Composers blacklisted her in 1979, condemning her and six fellow composers for writing "pointlessness... noisy mud instead of musical innovation".

From BBC Mar. 14, 2025

Being entirely confident in my friends’ abilities to succeed revealed the pointlessness of hesitating to be confident in my own.

From Seattle Times Mar. 31, 2024

“In a way, the new version is both more sentimental and darker,” Noé said in a video interview, explaining that it emphasizes the pointlessness of Marcus’s vengeance-seeking.

From New York Times Mar. 7, 2023

She may be anonymous at the moment, but she has become a powerful symbol of the cruelty and pointlessness of this unforgivable war.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 16, 2022

With the end of the world looming, I can finally see the pointlessness of everything.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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