obiter dicta

plural of obiter dictum

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obiter dicta
Noun
  • Community colleges and higher education The budget includes about $493 million in funding for community colleges in Michigan, a slight increase from the previous fiscal year, according to fiscal analyses.
    Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • By comparison, the 2024 heat death report from just one county in Arizona is longer and includes more in-depth analyses of risk factors, contributing weather events and suggested pathways forward.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Procell's remarks specifically focused on finding funding for the office and improving youth engagement.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Rowe also cited remarks covered by Fortune from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about the need for blue-collar workers to power the data-center infrastructure underlying the AI boom.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the commentaries sound designer Ben Burtt also did the original Star Wars trilogy molding in the Disney vault.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Researchers constructed the WORKBank database, which, at the time of this writing, consists of 1,500 worker interviews and 52 AI expert annotations across 844 tasks.
    Wayne Liu, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Separate from the policies, there are hundreds of examples, notes, and annotations that reflect teams grappling with different hypothetical scenarios.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Lyrics suggest the friend from her past died suddenly, leaving her with unresolved feelings.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Additionally, multitasking contributes to mental fatigue and negatively impacts overall well-being, with some participants reporting feelings of exhaustion after.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Obiter dicta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obiter%20dicta. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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