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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for armchair
Adjective
  • From my perspective, these shifts aren’t theoretical.
    Jack Thorogood, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • Carter, who had a doctorate in theoretical physics, dispatched a team of officers to the Bay Area to set up an outpost—officially called the Defense Innovation Unit, but known at the Pentagon as Unit X.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • Cowan’s interest in juggling isn’t purely academic.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • But Nicole DeWitt, the district’s deputy superintendent, said around $13 million for educator support professional development, multilingual education, academic enrichment and before- and after-school programs could be impacted.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • While business leaders understand that activating AI is a significant effort, their understanding tends to be abstract.
    Patrick Moorhead, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Editor’s tip: Browse the property’s private art collection, including abstract works by Jordi Boldó and black-and-white images by the contemporary photographer Graciela Iturbide.
    Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 13 July 2025

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“Armchair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armchair. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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