superfluity
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Building on her doctoral research on homeschooling in Los Angeles County, Ms. Lane is careful to note the limits of existing studies and the superfluity of misinformation surrounding her topic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
How refreshingly meta, then, that “The Devil Wears Prada 2” — a film that seemingly had no discernible reason to exist other than to make money — directly addresses its own superfluity.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
Alongside the Spanish colonial homes, the scene is a picturesque look into wealth, opulence and superfluity that only a select few Angelenos can afford.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2025
The sequel serves up plenty for specialists to chew on, not least a Jack Nicholson look-alike—insofar as that’s possible—behind the hotel bar, yet these semi-reconstructions betray an odd sense of superfluity and strain.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 8, 2019
After hearty luncheon and social tea, it would seem to be a mere superfluity, not needed, a danger if partaken of, a mockery if neglected.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
And Kuo’s sluggish direction, alongside the superfluities of Shekar’s script and the cast’s aerobic attempts to breathe life into inconsequential characters and static scenes, makes the two-hour show feel interminable.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2020
But now it feels more like a costly necessity, one whose exorbitant price tag is thinly justified by superfluities like face recognition, wireless charging, and a snazzier camera.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2019
A good novel is art’s closest equivalent to a human being—by nature a concoction of surprises, contradictions, and superfluities.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2015
Of course, I didn’t bother with superfluities like gold pieces or twenty-sided dice, but I did think upon the same factors.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2012
I, pampered with all the superfluities of civilization, forgot this noble youth in his exile.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
Vocabulary lists containing superfluity
Walden
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