preposterousness
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Perhaps by now you’ve picked up on the preposterousness in this parade of terms.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2025
Colum McCann, Benjamin Kunkel, Prince Charles and Jean-Michel Basquiat were also hazed for moments of preposterousness.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
When she first came to Los Angeles 50 years ago, its whimsical preposterousness was her “personal welcoming committee to the city.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
In both novels, the narrators are acutely aware of their preposterousness.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2022
There is about it the same dryness, the same quaintness, the same preposterousness, the same subtlety.
From A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things by Max O'Rell
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