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Noun
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But cuteness adds a touch of whimsical absurdity that further defangs the power hungry.—
Yii-Jan Lin,
The Conversation,
11 Apr. 2025 -
The show pursues this dream to the point of absurdity, holding out hope for Serena’s absolution long past the point when a reasonable observer would have abandoned it.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2025
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Denisovan paradox Denisovans were first identified in 2010 in a lab using DNA sequences extracted from a tiny fragment of finger bone found in Denisova Cave in Siberia’s Altai Mountains, which is how the group got its name.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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This tension, between authority and provocation, is one of a few defining paradoxes of the museum, built into its DNA from the very start.—
Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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Understand nuance, relational differences, and can deal with incongruity.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Camp is this aesthetic of ironic juxtaposition, taking something that might be shocking in its incongruity, and then using it to create a cool or humorous effect.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
15 Apr. 2025
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The irony is that the film’s screenwriter, Sam Stefanak, came from the world of comedy.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The ultimate irony, of course, is that Tennessee actually took the NCAA to court to give Iamaleava the right to receive that first NIL deal.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Below are three key takeaways from this growing contradiction.—
Ilona Limonta-Volkova,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Immigration and Naturalization Act that is the governing law of the US immigration system includes all sorts of contradictions.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This Texas peculiarity is especially confounding to Democratic legislators in Sacramento and Springfield, who would never dream of allowing Republicans to do likewise in California and Illinois, states where Democrats have legislative supermajorities like the GOP does in Texas.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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But that’s a decline with some peculiarities.—
Evan Clark,
WWD,
6 Jan. 2025
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The record will appear on his debut album Order Chaos Order, out June 13, which emerged from a kindred dichotomy.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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Oda is a revelatory young acting and vocal talent, commanding the stage inside a masterful performance, the truth of Jade’s personal persona an interesting dichotomy from how the public knows her.—
David John Chávez,
The Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Illogicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogicality. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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