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nonsense

[non-sens, -suhns] / ˈnɒn sɛns, -səns /


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I feel sure the Homeowners Association will require you to confine that nonsense to your garage.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

The boneheaded prediction is a sports hack’s loyal companion, and the reliable move is to ignore it, carry on, hope we all get mad about some other nonsense and forget it happened.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

This is pseudo-scientific nonsense, but it’s also dangerous.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Australian film star Rebel Wilson dismissed as "nonsense" claims she had bullied women on the set of her directorial debut film "The Deb", as she gave evidence in a Sydney court on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Perhaps it was the impression they both gave of no nonsense.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord




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