absurd
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On the latest episode of ICYMI, host Kate Lindsay introduces listeners to the phenomenon of vertical microdramas, which are 90-second snippets of content chock-full of some of the most absurd plotlines you’ve ever seen.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
When it proposed the rule, DHS cited national security grounds, an argument the judge said "borders on the absurd" and was "based almost entirely on a small handful of anecdotes."
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
The bottom line is this: It’s absurd that we are even having this discussion in 2026.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
So many, and so blatantly, that it initially borders on absurd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
She stood outside the mullioned window, stroked the gryphon’s sleek feathered head, and suffered a pang of absurd envy.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing absurd
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