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Recent Examples of bluestocking
The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits.
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Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
But Peck is already aware of Imogen's penchant for pandemonium, resisting the task of baby-sitting a bluestocking.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 10 May 2023
One of them was the famous 18th-century bluestocking Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, wife of Edward Montagu, a British ambassador.
—David Pryce-Jones, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
His polar opposite, meanwhile, was the pair of bluestockings to his left.
—Nicholas M. Gallagher, National Review, 21 Mar. 2020
Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
But Peck is already aware of Imogen's penchant for pandemonium, resisting the task of baby-sitting a bluestocking.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 10 May 2023
One of them was the famous 18th-century bluestocking Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, wife of Edward Montagu, a British ambassador.
—David Pryce-Jones, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
His polar opposite, meanwhile, was the pair of bluestockings to his left.
—Nicholas M. Gallagher, National Review, 21 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bluestocking
Noun
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Backtalker charts Crenshaw’s extraordinary journey from precocious child to renowned public intellectual.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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In recent weeks, politicians, activists, and intellectuals have published articles and issued statements warning of Cuba’s humanitarian crisis.—
Carlos Manuel Alvarez,
Time,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Deadline asks the Festival chief whether Series Mania is focused on the highbrow of the drama spectrum.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2025
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Wagner would be a sleepless highbrow’s favorite; the long, lush, unbroken lines of music share with the white-noise hum of the air-conditioner or the thrum of the painstaking lecture the quality of being absorbing without offering undue eventfulness.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Moss, sticks and other debris floated in the water while the South Sawyer Glacier, usually brilliant blue, was coated in a layer of dust.—
Megan I. Gannon,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
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But the boys in blue continued their run of productive at-bats and flashed some power from unexpected places in a 5-3 win over the Guardians.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
6 May 2026
Noun
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He's helped by Piggy (David McKenna), the prototypical nerd with asthma and an unfortunate nickname, but one of the only boys thinking of the practicalities of their survival.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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But the technical review seems to go well, nerd-to-nerd.—
Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Despite the smaller merits caseload, tax law geeks like me have been delighted to see high-profile tax cases reach the Court.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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SoundCloud rappers were weebs; DnD geeks became huge influencers.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Bluestocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bluestocking. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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