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comics

noun

plural of comic

as in comedians

a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor a well-known TV comic

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as in cartoons

a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story posted an especially funny comic by the watercooler

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Though even that sentiment feels about five years out of date — a single un-PC joke doesn’t exactly end careers anymore, as several edge-lord comedians like Dave Chappelle can attest.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026
The Comedy industry is ever-changing and the historic mechanisms that once anointed comedians no longer exists.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026

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The show was in some ways an antidote to the world of Saturday morning cartoons.

— Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
At the same time, on a remote mountain in New Zealand, a little girl was running similar experiments, sublimating the language of cartoons into a supple personal vernacular.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

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That includes simple double-ribbon tail lights, a delightfully unfussy side profile, and absolutely astounding headlights that somehow emanate from jewellike strips that run across the nose of the vehicle.

— Marco Della Cava, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2026
Sidewalk watering is more likely to happen where the sprinkler is too wide, so narrow grassy strips could be replaced with xeric landscaping or native plants, Howarth said.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 23 Aug. 2026

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