irrelevancy

Example Sentences

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The Chinese shipbuilding industry is by far the world’s largest, while America’s has shrunk to irrelevancy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Last year's contestant Francesca was hardly visible in the first few episodes, even prompting memes about her supposed irrelevancy, before growing into the show and making it to the final.

From BBC • May 14, 2025

He wanted to put that into practice, Russian commentators said, and as an activist who thrived on agitation, he feared sinking into irrelevancy in exile.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2024

Abandoned — from its perspective, at least — by teams such as Washington and Oregon, who bolted for the Big Ten, Washington State football is fighting for its survival as irrelevancy looms.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2023

The relevancy of this or that remark may not at first sight be apparent, but irrelevancy is impossible to this writer.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Dods, Marcus