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absurd

[uhb-surd, -zurd] / əbˈsɜrd, -ˈzɜrd /


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It’s unclear, but her absurd recommendations tickle Kelly.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

But Morris Pearl, a former managing director at investment firm BlackRock, said the idea that people were choosing not to invest in the city because of the tax was "absurd".

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

I’m wondering if the justices are themselves creating these absurd notions or if appellate advocates are suggesting and steering the justices toward these contrived ways of thinking.

From Slate Aug. 16, 2026

That strength makes accounting numerology all the more absurd.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Asked to describe and classify mammals, he scribbled down an incomplete and absurd system of taxonomy—omitting categories, inventing others, lumping kangaroos with beavers, and pigs with elephants.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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