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as in humor
humorous entertainment
presented a night of comedy as part of the weeklong celebrations
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as in humorousness
the amusing quality or element in something
I just don't see the comedy in someone flunking a driving test that they really needed to pass
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Recent Examples of comedy
With the aforementioned Rickles album being inducted this year, this is the second year in a row that a comedy album has made the grade.
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Paul Grein, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025
The other three shows were Running Point and Family Guy, two comedy shows, and Love is Blind.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
The White Lotus is a black comedy anthology series following the guests and employees of the fictional White Lotus resort chain.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2025
But the conflict between the two couples, the three generations of Italian-Americans, and the Tanya-and-the-gays stuff was all still really compelling drama and dark comedy.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Paul Grein, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025
The other three shows were Running Point and Family Guy, two comedy shows, and Love is Blind.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
The White Lotus is a black comedy anthology series following the guests and employees of the fictional White Lotus resort chain.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2025
But the conflict between the two couples, the three generations of Italian-Americans, and the Tanya-and-the-gays stuff was all still really compelling drama and dark comedy.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedy
Noun
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Their early short films were made on shoestring budgets, relying on humor and inventive storytelling.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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For her performance, Clarkson sported a Buffalo Bills jacket — a nod to that day’s guest, Hailee Steinfeld, who is engaged to quarterback Josh Allen — and kept her vocal arrangement free of any of her signature high notes or riffs, letting the humor of Crow’s lyrics speak for itself.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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The story works less as a Hollywood satire than as a survival thriller.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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Scottish actor Capaldi, the twelfth Doctor in the Doctor Who universe (2013–2017), won several awards, including a British Academy Television Award, for his performance as Malcolm Tucker in the beloved satire The Thick of It (2005–2012).—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
10 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
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“Comedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedy. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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