armchair

Definition of armchairnext

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for armchair
Adjective
  • The Virgo Moon moves through your 2nd House of Resources, making spending, pricing, comfort, and self-worth feel more practical than theoretical.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The public comments came shortly after Fauci had privately raised the theoretical possibility that fever and cytokine-related reactions after a second vaccine dose could be associated with first-trimester miscarriage.
    Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Storer was a student at Concordia University Irvine and a member of the university’s NCAA Division II swim team during the 2024 to 2025 academic school year, according to the team’s roster.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026
  • According to his campaign website, his priorities include academic excellence, safe and secure schools, improving teacher pay and retention, career readiness and budget transparency.
    Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • When that motivation is directed at abstract problems, it gets called intellectual.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers’ work, an unedited version of which saw early publication last month in the journal Nature Communications, makes this abstract question about prime numbers more tangible than ever before.
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026

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“Armchair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armchair. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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