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irrelevant

[ih-rel-uh-vuhnt] / ɪˈrɛl ə vənt /


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Romeyn is accused of submitting irrelevant and nonexistent citations in an October 2025 filing for a personal injury case in Orange County Superior Court.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

And important science does not become irrelevant on the scale of years.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

The country has, in particular, used the sort of bullet-based systems for short distances that were long thought to have been rendered irrelevant by missile defense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

On the related but perhaps irrelevant question of individual character, the evidence is clear: Wilhelm II was an unstable and vainglorious idiot who wound up in the wrong place at the wrong time.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

It’s sifting through the situation in front of us, throwing out all that is irrelevant while we zero in on what really matters.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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