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Recent Examples of busybody Of course, his message doesn't get across to everybody, and plenty see Klaatu as an interstellar busybody. Richard Edwards, Space.com, 3 June 2025 The first week of June feels restless, as busybody Mars rouses chatty Mercury on June 5. Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025 Research on nearly 500,000 Wikipedia users reveals three rabbit hole types: hunters, busybodies and dancers. Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025 Not that Miss Manners believes that hearing that explanation — or any other — would discourage a determined busybody. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for busybody
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Noun
  • Bodell’s then-boyfriend searched the house for the intruder, but didn’t find anyone.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Police were racing the clock to find the intruders; experts say thieves of such treasures typically dismantle or melt down the loot, sometimes within hours, to avoid being caught.
    Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Celebrity gossiper Rob Shuter reported that the two recently let go of a number of their staff.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.
    Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Classified spy satellites are the Ferraris of the space world.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In recent years, The View dressed a child as an Oscar with a red handprint on their face to commemorate the infamous Will Smith Oscars slap, and dressed another kid as the legendary Chinese spy balloon one year later.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Last year, Vandy was a fun upstart story after upsetting Alabama, while IU was the CFP interloper in Curt Cignetti’s first season with the Hoosiers.
    Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • This is a novel and compelling scenario and offers a refreshing alternative to collisions from interplanetary interlopers explaining the destruction of a former Saturnian moon.
    Big Think, Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Linda Tripp, world-famous buttinsky , Dropped a dime on M. Lewinsky.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Rather, the story is set in motion by Kevin O’Neill (Rick Holmes), a private-equity manager and arrogant buttinsky who takes an interest in Cara.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 June 2018

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“Busybody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/busybody. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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