absurd
Example Sentences
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How fortunate we are that chronicling and exploding our absurd reality is writer-director Boots Riley’s whole thing.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
On paper, Verhoeven challenging Usyk - a pound-for-pound great and one of the most complete fighters of his era - for the WBC title is absurd.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Chow wrote in a letter to a group of families of victims of the crackdown this month: "This is an absurd trial where the plaintiff has become the defendant."
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
However nicely these decisions and deciders are dressed up, the results have been absurd.
From Slate • May 13, 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
Unit 1: Telling Details
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The Pigman
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