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Recent Examples of armchair
January 1 Kick off the New Year with an armchair trip to Austria, where the Vienna Philharmonic will present its annual New Year’s Day concert in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein for the first time without an audience.
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Ariana Marsh,
Harper's BAZAAR,
1 Jan. 2021
The New York Times picked up the story and put it on the front page – an indication of how armchair analysis could be as telling as dispatches from the ground.
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Carolyn Wells,
Longreads,
10 Aug. 2020
Marsha Music has started calling herself an armchair revolutionary.
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Nancy Kaffer,
Detroit Free Press,
7 June 2020
With billions of people grounded because of the coronavirus pandemic, armchair travel has never been more important, especially for parents hoping to capture their kids’ attention and imagination.
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Sarah Firshein,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Apr. 2020
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Ariana Marsh,
Harper's BAZAAR,
1 Jan. 2021
The New York Times picked up the story and put it on the front page – an indication of how armchair analysis could be as telling as dispatches from the ground.
—
Carolyn Wells,
Longreads,
10 Aug. 2020
Marsha Music has started calling herself an armchair revolutionary.
—
Nancy Kaffer,
Detroit Free Press,
7 June 2020
With billions of people grounded because of the coronavirus pandemic, armchair travel has never been more important, especially for parents hoping to capture their kids’ attention and imagination.
—
Sarah Firshein,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Apr. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for armchair
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When people see that scams can be built around them specifically, security habits stop feeling theoretical and start feeling necessary.
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After machine learning identified promising candidates, researchers verified them through theoretical calculations before synthesizing and experimentally confirming the materials.
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Both public school districts continue to outperform the state of Florida average testing marks for most academic subject and skill tests.
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Using basic academic terminology would place grants at risk of rejection or termination on political grounds.
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In the June 23 Section A, the obituary for Greenspan said that he was married briefly to abstract artist Joan Mitchell.
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Instead of abstract phishing examples, show employees how much of their own digital footprint is publicly available and how easily fraudsters can turn it into a convincing fake profile, email or message.
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“Armchair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armchair. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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