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And he’s saying things, even on “Saturday Night Live,” that were patently untrue… Even when he says, “Did you think I was going to be a chill, normal dude?”

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

In his post-IPO estimate of SpaceX’s value, New York University’s Aswath Damodaran wrote that “the estimation of TAM has been gamified by Silicon Valley, with bloated and patently unreachable numbers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

I found myself increasingly stuck on how nonsensical it all seemed, that such a patently absurd idea—magic beds!—could find its way to the most powerful person in the world.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

In an online tribute, Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan wrote: “Finally, the dang secret is out! Their place among the greats secure, their influence on the generations patently obvious.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

It was a perfectly respectable appliance for, say, buttering pancakes, but patently inadequate for defending oneself against 400 pounds of ravenous fur.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson