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irony

[ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-] / ˈaɪ rə ni, ˈaɪ ər- /


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"The irony is that many investors appear willing to pay a premium simply for the privilege of gaining access," he added.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

The irony is that it’s the protesters themselves who are exposing this fiction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

It is hard not to see the irony in some of their complaints.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

The irony is that AI has widely been viewed as a major corrective to high inflation.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

In a separate correspondence about the same time with John Taylor, another prominent Virginia planter and political thinker who had also questioned Adams’s views on aristocracy, Adams called attention to the irony of the situation.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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