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verb

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Recent Examples of josh
Verb
Anatole is a painter, an artform which photographer Lucien good-naturedly joshes him will soon be obsolete. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 27 May 2025 See which companies are just joshing on social media — and which one has a real deal for you! Brendan Le, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025 The family joshing and loving is great fun here; both Liss and Montana are terrific, live-wire young performers, thanks surely in part to Alex Mallory’s direction, and Rifai has given them a banquet of vibrant lines. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025 Hudson’s accordion seems to come strolling in from a sidewalk serenade to meet Helm’s amused, exasperated vocal, joshing him along with countermelodies, trills and wheezily encouraging chords. Jon Pareles, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025 Elwood experiences some of the usual rigors of prison and reform school: the bullying, the joshing around, the discipline, the abuse. K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024 Bale, speaking in a bland, hollow voice that has the slightest hint of frat-boy joshing, delivers a piece of polished, satiric archness that goes well beyond the obvious allegorical gag (capitalism = murder) into ... what, exactly? Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024 The movie’s best moments are the ones in which Mary and Paul camp out in front of the TV, drinking whiskey and joshing each other well into the wee hours. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for josh
Noun
  • Related Stories Farrelly thinks that kind of oppressive political correctness is fading and that audiences are eager to see movies that eviscerate good taste in order to land a joke again.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • What started as a joke soon turned into a tourism draw that put Lajitas on the map.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Pat Kelsey wasn't kidding about wanting the smoke.
    Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2025
  • In 2019, Lebanese depositors discovered that their banking system had, in effect, just been kidding about those savings accounts.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, if you're pressed for time, check out the shorts Mike's New Car (2001) and Party Central (2014) for some quick laughs.
    Sydni Ellis, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Her voice has been sharp, sometimes saucy, and could be silken — then let out a bell-ringing laugh.
    Scott Simon, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Speaking on a panel, Erik from Sharabati Denim teased an upcoming project that will re-wire how the company procures cotton.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The game doesn’t yet have a firm release date, with only a vague 2026 window teasing its launch on PlayStation 5 and PC.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When Peanut pulled his second escape act, his owners knew where to look and handled Peanut's disappearance in a joking manner.
    Michael Nied, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Multiple outlets that examined the reporting identified the claim as unverified and labeled the story a hoax; Colbert had previously made a joking on-air reference to streaming platforms but had not announced any deal with Netflix.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Prices of stocks and bonds, along with long-term interest rates, have oscillated up and down in response to the daily verbal sallies from the White House.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2025
  • The most comprehensive sally, of course, is the administration’s drastic and abrupt cut in funding by the National Institutes of Health.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025

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“Josh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/josh. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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