as in nuts
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
don't give me that jazz about how you didn't know that it was illegal
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as in to stimulate
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
your assignment is to jazz up the design of that Web page
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Recent Examples of jazz
Frank Rizzo, Variety, 4 Apr. 2025
Enjoy a weekend of jazz music throughout Denver and Boulder during the inaugural Denver Jazz Fest, starting Thursday.
—Maxwell Millington, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
Rather than slotting it into a rock, Latin, or even the world category — all of which would be appropriate given the band’s long history — the chart company instead labeled it as a jazz release.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The musicians hit a new peak as the band’s total number of appearances on the all-encompassing jazz list advances to three.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Just as in the film, the ambience of the era and the inner workings of early television is thick with cigarette smoke, jazz music, and journalistic drive.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 4 Apr. 2025
Enjoy a weekend of jazz music throughout Denver and Boulder during the inaugural Denver Jazz Fest, starting Thursday.
—Maxwell Millington, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
Rather than slotting it into a rock, Latin, or even the world category — all of which would be appropriate given the band’s long history — the chart company instead labeled it as a jazz release.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The musicians hit a new peak as the band’s total number of appearances on the all-encompassing jazz list advances to three.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jazz
Noun
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Use it to find and retrieve stray nuts or bolts in any crevice.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Without that pollination, almond trees produce only 200 pounds of nuts per acre.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2025
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Greece started its golden visa program in 2013 to stabilize housing prices and stimulate growth in a country facing a recession, skyrocketing unemployment, and austerity measures imposed by international lenders.—
Meehika Barua,
HubSpot,
18 Apr. 2025
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The importance of daylight The infrared light found in daylight can modulate inflammation, stimulate collagen production, prevent neurodegeneration, and even optimize mitochondria, which produce energy inside our cells.—
Ana Morales,
Vogue,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Mountains of garbage are said to be visible from space and people have complained of seeing rats as big as cats in the refuse.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Apr. 2025
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With the parent club, Davison has been stuck behind Derrick White, Jrue Holiday and Payton Pritchard on the backcourt depth chart, limiting him to 15 mostly garbage-time appearances this season.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Just ask anyone who's watched an AI confidently spit out nonsense—or worse.—
Bob Ras,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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While Drop, clocking in at an economical 93 minutes, may sound like fun and games, there’s something deeper and more human at its core than mindless nonsense.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
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Living Better From blah to buoyant, these skills can improve your mood and optimism Why aim towards the ear?—
Andrea Muraskin,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2025
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American Airlines is giving Midwesterners a new way to escape the winter blahs.—
Brandon Withrow,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Feb. 2025
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The site was first excavated beginning in 1995, and in 2018, scientists began collecting, analyzing and radiocarbon dating fossils unearthed from El Gigante rubbish piles.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Last year, a dumpster diver in Hudson, New York, stumbled upon an extraordinary find: An 18th-century pen-and-ink sketch by English portraitist George Romney was hidden amid the rubbish.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Trump himself personifies stupidity’s essential feature — self-satisfaction, an inability to recognize the flaws in your thinking.—
David Brooks,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
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These deaths come on the heels of the equally bizarre and jarring death of Adult Lottie (Simone Kessell) which brings us to four adult survivors dead, though Adult Travis died offscreen (sparking a really fascinating mystery that ended in sheer stupidity and disappointment).—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The punk rockers already had some fun at the festival: Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong joined The Go-Gos to perform on Friday.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2025
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Starting in the suburban, Southern California skate punk scene, the group’s lyrics around relationships, teenage angst, friendships, hardships, reunion, and maturity have gained them a cult following.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Jazz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jazz. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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