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Noun
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The Wedding Banquet gives us a now-rare mix of sobriety, heart, and hilarity.—
Sadie Collins,
Them,
24 Jan. 2025 -
The sheer quality of video these machines can produce has gone from hilarity to awe-inspiring in a matter of months.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Jan. 2025
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Whether sentiment carries her to one last nomination here is unclear, but there’s an equal measure of mirth and melancholy to seeing Lavin go out in such fine form.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2025
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The study results found that the combination of satire and anthropomorphism elicited the most mirth.—
Discover Magazine,
Discover Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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The specifics of Musk’s climb down remain to be seen, but the fact that chatter about it is being received with such glee among Hill Republicans may be the validation that moves Trump to a hard yes on Musk’s shift. Make sense of what matters in Washington.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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To investors’ glee, Trump even managed to mention doling out carve-outs.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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The holiday season is a magical time, full of merriment, light and tasty treats.—
Em Sauter,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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Expect merriment, mirth and …*checks notes*… Fulham to be fifth by Christmas?—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
14 Aug. 2024
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“Goofiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goofiness. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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