armchair

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for armchair
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Adjective
  • The Athletic's Jim Bowden recently outlined a theoretical deal in which the Cardinals would trade Helsley, Arenado, and cash to the Detroit Tigers to land superstar prospect Kevin McGonigle.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • These frameworks are not theoretical, as they are based on real-world leadership challenges and offer actionable tools leaders can apply immediately.
    Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • But they were clearly impressed by his scholarship and writing skills, which are the principal criteria for grading academic papers.
    Bob Shaw, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
  • The tests are effectively an academic exercise, where the Fed simulates a scenario in the global economy and measures what that scenario would do to bank balance sheets.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • What High-Tact Leadership Looks Like Tact isn’t abstract.
    Justin Patton, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Advertisement Read More: Losing NOAA’s Natural Disaster Data Will Make Storms More Devastating for the Poor While these cuts may seem abstract or bureaucratic, their impact is personal.
    Kathy Baughman McLeod, Time, 24 June 2025

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“Armchair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armchair. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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