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Recent Examples of lunacy The cast try their best to keep up with such lunacy. Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025 There’s always been pushback against anti-immigrant lunacy here. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025 To suggest that anyone who vaccinates their kids doesn’t love them is a whole new level of lunacy. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025 At its peak, it’s got some adrenalin-pumping lunacy that’s admirable. Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for lunacy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunacy
Noun
  • Without it, the dancers might not have known the insanity of their current moment.
    Philip Tinari, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Despite his confession, Moseley pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity at the trial for Kitty's slaying.
    Jessica Sager, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • After World War II, a neurodegenerative disease that looked just like ALS—though some patients also showed features of Parkinson’s and dementia—surged in Guam, predominantly among the native Chamorro people.
    Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Her cause of death, John, 66, told The Washington Post, was complications from dementia.
    Brendan Le, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While flooding the zone with executive orders and breaking news in the form of planned chaos, there is generally a method to the madness.
    W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Mar. 2025
  • With so many frequent flier programs to choose from, is there a method to the madness?
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The hysteria only grew when Flagg, originally in line to graduate in 2025, reclassified and committed to Duke for the 2024-25 season.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Read more What People Think Opinions related to business and economic issues submitted to The Hill: Tariffs may be worth it, but Trump must level with the public about the coming pain Ignore Democrats’ hysteria: Trumponomics is working You’re all caught up.
    Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Pope Francis Reflects on Illness, Calls War 'Absurd' as Recovery Progresses Pope Francis said in a letter published Tuesday that his lengthy illness has given him greater clarity on the absurdity of war, renewing his call for diplomacy and stronger international institutions.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The collection reveals how his seemingly simple line evolved into a profound artistic language capable of expressing both the gravity and the absurdity of peacetime and war.
    Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But the simplicity of the sequence of events — Smith’s shot perfectly careening off the side of the rim and Şengün’s subsequent positioning for the putback — was indicative of Houston’s rebounding prowess.
    Kelly Iko, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
  • But over time, in some cities, New York among them, the totemic simplicity of a man eating a steak fell out of fashion, replaced by more heterogeneous modes of conspicuous connoisseurship: nouvelle cuisine, the auteur-chef tasting menu, the thousand-dollar omakase, the members-only supper club.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025

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“Lunacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunacy. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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