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Noun
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Sure, The Critic had its fair sure of absurdity (one character was from Easter Island and bore a striking resemblance to a moai statue), but the New York in which it was set felt real in a way that Springfield or Quahog never did.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Mar. 2025 -
Featuring intertwining narratives of doctors and patients, the film also includes a group of doctors-turned-comedians who use humor to highlight the absurdities of the system.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2025
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Williams nails the paradox at the center of the show: As Molly’s body grows weaker, her self-possession grows stronger.—
Margaret Lyons,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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The Boring Billion’s ‘Oxygen Paradox’ Choked Evolution One of the most baffling aspects of the boring billion is the oxygen paradox.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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In another show, with a lesser writer, such incongruities could be read as character inconsistencies, accidental oversights, mistakes.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
7 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, Adela, a former poet now showing signs of dementia, creates spontaneous poetry of poignant incongruities.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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The irony here is that the film’s main subject, AI, was one of the key elements that writers and actors were pushing against.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
5 Apr. 2025
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The Irony of Poor Leadership: The Ones Who Need Training the Most Avoid It the Most There’s a cruel irony at play in many organizations.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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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 Trump administration has not really faced or sought to resolve the fundamental contradiction delaying serious peace talks: Netanyahu insists that any cease-fire process must end in the dismantling of Hamas.—
Amos Harel,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Apr. 2025
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Just one of the endless peculiarities that made up my dad.—
Chris Wallace,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2025
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Advertisement In her loneliness and, paradoxically, in her peculiarity, Mickey embodies a recognizable archetype: the righteous female cop protagonist of a prestige crime drama.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This dichotomy highlights an inconvenient truth: The same advancements that have sped up innovation have also amplified inefficiencies.—
Niven R. Narain,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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This dichotomy is further exemplified by ongoing legislative efforts.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Illogicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogicality. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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