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absurd

[uhb-surd, -zurd] / əbˈsɜrd, -ˈzɜrd /


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But it appears the summaries were made more widely available, with several users and creators highlighting AI-generated descriptions containing absurd mistakes in late April.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Micron shares have been on an absurd hot streak, galloping 53% higher in April and advancing another 24% so far in May.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

But Gespass had video proof that the prosecution’s argument about Gamble’s disorderly conduct was absurd.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

There is something almost absurd about attempting to appraise “Gilgamesh,” as though one were asked to appraise wind, or love, or that first human thought that trembled toward language.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

On hands and knees, carrying his gun in regulation fashion, Kantorek shoves his absurd figure over the sand immediately in front of us.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque




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