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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.
—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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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
Adjective
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Moreover, according to the researchers, their technique works even when there is no perfect theoretical model of the material, and the sample is not pure (which is often the case in real-world materials).—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
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This week, that scenario started to feel less theoretical.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Schools across the Emirates were shuttered for weeks after the war began, shifting students to remote learning, prompting some parents, who CNBC has spoken with since the war began, to send children back to their home countries to complete the academic term at schools teaching in-person.—
Emma Graham,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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The distinction is more than an academic nicety.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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And the consequences of inaction are not abstract.—
Julian Baron,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Apr. 2026
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There were instead smaller groups of artists putting their own twists on other European movements such as impressionism, surrealism, Futurism, abstract art and more.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Armchair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armchair. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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