absurd
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You don’t need me to tell you that the money top voices get for talking about football—the thing you do every weekend, for free, on the couch, to the baffled dog—is absurd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
"It feels a bit absurd," said shopper Echo Wang, 31, who works in marketing.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
"It's absurd, it's wild, it doesn't take itself too seriously," Centineo tells Newsbeat.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
When she insists the machine can perform any medical test, Fielder finds himself drawn into an absurd debate over the meaning of the word “can.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Farmer had already pointed out how absurd it was that the United States had some of the best TB care in the world, but where, he asked, was the TB?
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing absurd
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