in jest
idiom
formal + old-fashioned
: as a joke
I didn't mean to upset you; I only said it in jest.
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Snyder’s suggestion was not offered frivolously or in jest.
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Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 15 Jan. 2025
The line between satire and disinformation continues to blur on social media, where the context of a post made in jest can be misunderstood to be a factual news report.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
And, before anyone says anything, Applegate clarified that her last comment was made in jest.
—EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
That prompted Morikawa to fire back, calling for long putters to be banned, in jest.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
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Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 15 Jan. 2025
The line between satire and disinformation continues to blur on social media, where the context of a post made in jest can be misunderstood to be a factual news report.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
And, before anyone says anything, Applegate clarified that her last comment was made in jest.
—EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
That prompted Morikawa to fire back, calling for long putters to be banned, in jest.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
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“In jest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20jest. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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