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or fogeyish
as in stodgy
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Adjective
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The performances have largely been stodgy and ponderous.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2026 -
The once stodgy and slow growth world of companies that produce and sell power has become an investor favorite.—
Brian Sullivan,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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But something about the work’s improbable balancing act—the small dowdy base exerting enough gravity to keep the rest airborne—breathes energy into the air around it.—
Susan Tallman,
New Yorker,
23 Oct. 2025
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Bonus points for Sarah Sherman’s dowdy character, who accidentally got on the Epstein list.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
5 Oct. 2025
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Huntington, a lifelong Democrat, was accused of blimpish conservatism, jingoism or worse.—
Gary J. Bass,
New York Times,
29 June 2018
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His narrators—never too distinct from the author himself—relish exploring their childhoods in the Sovietized Bulgaria of the nineteen-seventies and eighties, measuring that artificially ossified world against modern consumerist Europe.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Poking out of the vertical wall of a cutbank in a seasonally dry river was a vertebra – part of the backbone – and some ossified tendons.—
Paul C. Sereno,
The Conversation,
24 Oct. 2025
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At that time, millions of Iraqis joined the protests and demanded the downfall of a corrupt political system midwifed by Beltway hawks and neoconservative ideologues, which has ended up beholden to the mullahs of Iran.—
Nabil Salih,
Time,
4 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Some set buds for the following year.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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For Wild coach John Hynes, the mental and physical re-set after the loss in Los Angeles was the key to finding their legs late and not letting the trip’s finale slip away.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
9 Jan. 2026
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But beyond his professional accomplishments, Andy was a special person and a dear and loyal friend.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2026
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The last time a president leaned on a loyal Fed chair to juice the economy with lower rates, the results were ugly.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Canada’s Crave appears not to have remained faithful to the Celebrity Traitors UK.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Dalia embarks on a quest to find a legendary truffle that could save the situation guided by Igor’s field notes and his faithful dog Birba, played by a real truffle-hunting pooch.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Fogyish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fogyish. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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