dotard

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Recent Examples of dotard But Biden did accomplish one thing, at least: Russia's pro-Kremlin media no longer views him as a dotard. Peter Weber, The Week, 17 June 2021 Zuckerberg continues to allow, for example, videos and photographs falsified by the Trump campaign to depict Joe Biden as a dotard. James Gleick, The New York Review of Books, 22 Sep. 2020 Madman, rogue, gangster, frightened barking dog, dotard, rocket man, little rocket man -- the criticism of course by the American media was relentless. Fox News, 10 Mar. 2018 Donald Trump, a man who at various points in his presidency has resembled a toddler, a dotard and a weird combination of both, mostly colored within the lines today in Davos, Switzerland. Anne Branigin, The Root, 26 Jan. 2018 Stay above the snakeline, and don’t call anyone a dotard because Kim’s lawyers are on speed-dial and those stubby fingers can really move, folks. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 22 Sep. 2017 All the fighters at work achieve the everyday goal by over 200% with hearts to kill dotard Trump by cutting and tearing apart his body and cutting his head off! Will Ripley and Tim Schwarz, CNN, 26 Oct. 2017 Fox News and Breitbart built media empires dedicated to dotards. Michael Harriot, The Root, 6 Oct. 2017 Gary Chryst, the most admired artist of the Joffrey Ballet of yore appearing with Ballet Theater as a guest, makes Dodon a rivetingly doting dotard. Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 7 June 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dotard
Noun
  • Who among us oldsters doesn’t enjoy a good VFX-costume parlay?
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Folks back in the day had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz. 36.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
Noun
  • The conclusions and recommendations: · Make basic geriatrics training and methods standard for physicians, nurses, and other health care providers.
    Sara Zeff Geber, PhD, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Related Articles From 1980 to 1999, Dr. Taler led the geriatrics care and house call medicine team at the University of Maryland Medical Center and served on the Maryland Medical School faculty.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Whereas modern extermination tends to involve poisons or traps that a professional later clears, ancients had to take on pests one by one.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Read More: These 5 Ancient Civilizations Treasured Their Pets Coping with Critters The discovery of archeological remains has helped scientists better understand how ancients coped with bothersome critters.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The empress dowager’s legacy Empress Dowager Ling was largely unsuccessful in her bid for power.
    Stephanie Balkwill, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Playing an acid-tongue dowager or master teacher of witchcraft came naturally to her, but what thrilled her about acting was its transformative freedom.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • More deals may or may not emerge – old-timer Mediacom is still operating independently - but none may ever again represent a real realignment in the cable world.
    Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • That puts him in league with ornery old-timers being refused entry into supermarkets, where customers queue outside, standing six feet apart.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • And yet the fans — from teenagers to senior citizens — will flood the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center for them regardless of generation.
    Josh Chesler, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
  • The event featured a buffet dinner, entertainment and a silent auction to benefit the league’s mission of providing food and housing to senior citizens in need.
    La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Douglas is beguiling enough with her humorous, spunky performance, and MacCormac capably keeps up with her; Will Sasso and Kevin Durand are welcome supporting players as a few of the oddly aggressive town elders.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 9 May 2025
  • Charlotte glanced toward her elders before offering a final wave.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 5 May 2025

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“Dotard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dotard. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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