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Adjective
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After Stern retired in 2014, the code was relaxed, allowing for progressively zanier ’fits.—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025 -
Bong being Bong — and judging from the colorfully zany trailer — this adaptation of an Edward Ashton novel will likely make class warfare a key theme.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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As vice-president, Kamala Harris was generally regarded as unimpressive and slightly clownish, with her banal repetitions and too-frequent outbursts of too-exuberant laughter.—
Avi Nelson,
Boston Herald,
30 Oct. 2024
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Its members' firm repudiation of the unqualified and clownish Matt Gaetz for attorney general shows that its members can still stiffen their sinews and summon up the courage to curb President-elect Donald Trump's appetite for surrounding himself with sycophantic boobs.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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The comedy is very much a love letter to South L.A., offering pointed and amusing commentary on gentrification.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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The film centers on Clémence, a quiet yet amusing Parisian, who had a complicated childhood.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But how much of that commentary, wonders James Adomian, was actually entertaining?—
Julie Seabaugh,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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The memoirs of former national leaders are rarely entertaining, insightful, or revealing.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Slapsticky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slapsticky. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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