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irreverent

[ih-rev-er-uhnt] / ɪˈrɛv ər ənt /


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HBO Max’s “The Pitt” received a credit of $24.2 million, while “Stewie,” a spin-off of Seth MacFarlane’s irreverent adult cartoon “Family Guy,” was awarded $6.4 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

The B-52s biggest hit, released in 1989, is one of pop's most carefree and irreverent songs, full of manic energy and endlessly quotable lyrics.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

The irreverent news website had seemingly cracked the code for social-media virality, and would soon become one of the first digital-media startups to achieve unicorn status with a valuation of over $1 billion.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Setting out to make a film about the Civil War general burning his way through the South, he ended up with an irreverent, semi-solipsistic travelogue organized around the women he encountered along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

With Jefferson, however, the colorful epithets and irreverent images did not come so easily.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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