ironic
Example Sentences
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"It feels almost ironic that a musical about young people navigating systems that fail to listen to them was potentially silenced by the circumstances."
From BBC
He added that it’s “a bit ironic” that the software selloff has been triggered by product launches and demos from Anthropic, Google and OpenAI.
From MarketWatch
"The name is kind of ironic," senior border official Eerik Purgel tells AFP on the Estonian side of the border crossing, adding, "Maybe there should not be a bridge at all."
From Barron's
Think small, perishable, and plausibly ironic like a single excellent chocolate bar, a slim paperback with a clever premise, or a novelty that suggests taste rather than effort.
It felt like there was something arch, ironic and archaic even for its own era.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
