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Recent Examples of zinger
Zac, leaning into vulnerability with rhyme, delivered zingers that bordered on self-help.
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 May 2025
Weekend Update was full of zingers about President Donald Trump‘s rapid about-face in the wake of the stock market crash his global tariffs spurred.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2025
But there is another Reba, the sitcom star, who can deliver a zinger or two like the best of them.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
These become your LinkedIn zingers that people save and share.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 May 2025
Weekend Update was full of zingers about President Donald Trump‘s rapid about-face in the wake of the stock market crash his global tariffs spurred.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2025
But there is another Reba, the sitcom star, who can deliver a zinger or two like the best of them.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
These become your LinkedIn zingers that people save and share.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zinger
Noun
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The witticism, sometimes misattributed to James Baldwin, began to spread a few months into the coronavirus pandemic, as the shock of mass layoffs started to give way to broader dissatisfaction with work.—
Lora Kelley,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2025
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His frequent presence in lecture halls advanced him as one of America’s earliest stand-up comedians, and many of his wry witticisms, whether they were written or performed, remain part of the public conversation.—
Danny Heitman,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 May 2025
Noun
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In language as deft and muscular as Rosa’s team, Drexler captures the scent of the blood and the resin, every wisecrack and sob story, every flake of talc and gob of spit, every pimple and blackhead on the lady wrestlers’ thighs.—
Lauren Elkin,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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At the press screening, Marvel fans seemed to appreciate the first two-thirds of the movie, which runs on that jokey Joss Whedon energy, full of wisecracks about Uber, DoorDash and Dr. Phil.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This is a straight-up revenge saga, with Statham as a father out to wreak havoc on the men who killed his teenage son, and the movie, after a jokey stage-setting intro, mostly eschews Ritchie’s usual quips and one-liners.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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Her Liesl is a firecracker who has no qualms about going toe to toe with her powerful father—hilariously deadpan, no-nonsense, and with all the best quips, but also human, with a real heart, conscience, and crises of faith.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
18 May 2025
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Prices of stocks and bonds, along with long-term interest rates, have oscillated up and down in response to the daily verbal sallies from the White House.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2025
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The most comprehensive sally, of course, is the administration’s drastic and abrupt cut in funding by the National Institutes of Health.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Zinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zinger. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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