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preposterousness



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Perhaps by now you’ve picked up on the preposterousness in this parade of terms.

From Salon Feb. 15, 2025

But she’s also fully clued in to the preposterousness of a 24-year-old millionaire singer issuing prescriptions, and the soporific luxury of her lounges on the beach.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2021

It’s a movie about death, honor and the desire to take control of fate that is also a knowing exploration of the preposterousness of such notions.

From New York Times Jul. 29, 2021

As a novel, “Smoke” is a bizarre marvel, its narrative winding evil and preposterousness round and round.

From Washington Post Feb. 25, 2021

They all laughed, and Sabre, realising the preposterousness of such a notion, laughed with them.

From If Winter Comes by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)




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