The justices, of course, had to try to justify this patently absurd conclusion.

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His strategy is intended to make any claim that he still hankers after neo-fascism not just implausible but patently absurd.

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Clearly, the notion that early detection is not critical to effective treatment and survival of breast cancer is patently absurd.

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This is so patently absurd that we forget how crazy it is.

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For the DUP, Gregory Campbell said it was "patently absurd to create artificial barriers that would impact on the lives in people on either side of the border".

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But the notion that the president's recognition of that fact somehow crossed the Rubicon in our separation of powers by seeking to diminish the court's independence is patently absurd.

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Ganz's allegations were patently absurd and libelous.

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