absurdity
Example Sentences
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Citing “the Court’s obligation to avoid absurdity,” Judge Sarah D. Morrison found that state gambling law applies to the prediction market’s sports contracts.
From Barron's
"It is pure intention: if there is chaos, it is authored chaos: if it is ugly, it is designed ugliness; if it is absurd, it is willed absurdity."
From BBC
Such absurdities have been constant since the release of the Epstein files as the imperative to protect actual or potential victims collides with the legal mandate for speedy disclosure under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
The stakes were higher and layered with the existential absurdity of abrupt shifts, which he carried with an elegant, slightly seething temperament that has found its expression in the work.
From Los Angeles Times
Where “The Pitt” inspires awe at what these doctors achieve with a paucity of resources, time and patience, “Scrubs” lampoons the absurdity of a corporatized medical system steadily grinding down doctor and patient alike.
From Salon
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