nonsense
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Of Filmer’s theory of “patriarchal monarchy,” Locke opined that “there was never so much glib nonsense put together in well-sounding English.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
"I spoke to the guy and he said the accusation was total nonsense," he says.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
But unlike Ness, who did have real crime to deal with, the justifications Vance and Miller deploy are baseless nonsense.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
He also called concerns that AI will decimate jobs worldwide "complete nonsense".
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Where the conventional view had been that lands close to the equator must be uninhabitable, this had turned out to be nonsense.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing nonsense
"Eleven," Vocabulary from the short story
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"Eleven," Vocabulary from the short story
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