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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kookiness
Noun
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These dispatches were quick flashes of absurdity, many of them lasting just a bit more than a minute.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2025 -
One banking outage: how US paychecks could be affected The absurdity of the situation struck a chord with Reddit users, who responded with both concern and comedy.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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The sheer quantity of extremist marketing lunacy churned out by Old State Saloon in Eagle is astonishing.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Jan. 2025
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While the Aggies’ deals for Fisher set new bars for contract lunacy, Sarkisian’s new deal is in line with the current market for a coach of his caliber.—
Blake Toppmeyer,
The Tennessean,
20 Dec. 2024
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Laugh at these inanities, but these theories often serve an end, especially on the right: to help politicians and movements score points with their base.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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There is just nothing to like about this spring-forward inanity.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
24 May 2024
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This insanity aside, allowing states to override federal enforcement priorities guarantees that the federal government will have to release or fail to arrest serious criminals to make way for peaceful people targeted by states with aggressive attorneys general.—
David J Bier,
Orange County Register,
19 Jan. 2025
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Toward the end of his frenetic set, though, DaBaby doubled down on the insanity.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In past case studies of argyria, a common source is hokum therapies promoted by naturopaths and their ilk.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
10 Jan. 2025
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The Tribune eventually admitted in print that its story was intentional hokum.—
Marianne Mather,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2025
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Third, despite Trump’s claptrap, plenty of fresh delta water is being pumped south to fill fire hydrants and the tanks of firefighting aircraft.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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Many Red Sox fans have had it up to here with that building-for-the-future claptrap, so much so that expectations were scary low coming into the 2024 season.—
Steve Buckley,
The Athletic,
31 July 2024
Noun
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The word had seemed like nonsense only a moment before.—
Anna Russell,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Having a terrible job where empty, pandering nonsense is handed down by corporate headquarters.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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The property also grows its own herbs, greens, nuts, berries, and edible flowers.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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Focus on whole foods like fruits, leafy green vegetables, fatty fish, nuts, and seeds.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
5 Jan. 2025
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