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irrelevance

[ih-rel-uh-vuhns] / ɪˈrɛl ə vəns /


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Another indicator of the document’s irrelevance is that it was issued by the Board of Peace, an organization that has no authority or power to do anything.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

On social-media platforms like X, some investors have loudly proclaimed that after years of serving as the dominant cryptocurrency, bitcoin might finally be lurching toward irrelevance.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

He’s a coach who just took his team to the doorstep of a championship, who’s lifted New England back into the conversation after a brief period of irrelevance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Or they retreated, following Macdonald’s advice, into social irrelevance by adopting dead-end pseudo-philosophies like deconstructionism.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026

In such classrooms, before students who were so anxious and uncertain of their social advancement, the enlarging lessons of the humanities seemed an irrelevance.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez


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