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risible

adjective as in humorous

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After Helene and Milton, anger over the state GOP’s risible climate denial—which persists even as this already-historic hurricane season threatens to send yet another storm Florida’s way—appears to be fueling younger voters, first-time voters, and door-knockers, according to a report from the Guardian:

From Slate

At the Washington Post’s Fact Checker, Glenn Kessler noted that “Trump is referencing a ridiculous social media hoax” and said “there is no evidence that Haitians are doing this.” FactCheck.org, the Associated Press, Reuters, NPR, the New York Times, CNN, and many other outlets offered similar fact checks of Trump’s risible claim; each of these outlets deemed it categorically false.

From Slate

UK officials called the interview “risible”.

From BBC

At one point, she cited a risible claim made by Judge Andrew Oldham, a Trump appointee on the 5th Circuit.

From Slate

I hadn’t been to an Angels game in a few years, and the stadium was as risible as I remembered it, if not more so.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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