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Theoretical physicist Manon Bischoff, who is an editor for our partner publication Spektrum in Germany, shows how to sort numbers for boringness and why it matters.

From Scientific American • Jun. 1, 2023

But combined with his boringness and just how bad he was at managing the women in the house.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2021

I don’t have any other memories of the party, which may speak to its boringness.

From The Verge • Oct. 22, 2019

The series feigned to mock their homeland’s eccentricity and boringness.

From The Guardian • Mar. 4, 2018

Then I stared at the wall beside my bed thinking the blank boringness of it would lull me to sleep, but no.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon