Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obiter dicta
Noun
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When that broader lens is applied, analyses estimate that the share of Americans who qualify as obese rises from 42% to roughly 68%.—
Bret Scher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026 -
The Department of Public Health would absorb the Certificate of Need initiative and the data collection and analyses related to CON decision making, officials said Wednesday.—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026
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In her remarks, academy President Lynette Howell Taylor acknowledged the questions many nominees have been asking themselves amid industry contraction, political volatility and global conflict.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Cornyn was quick to respond, reposting remarks from Jonah Wendt, communication director for former Vice President Mike Pence’s Advancing American Freedom, implicitly accusing TPUSA of straying from its founder’s vision with the endorsement.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Judge Biery’s footnote directing readers to Blackstone’s commentaries and Magna Carta may be intended to give a remedial lesson to members of the administration.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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The commentaries between the president and the governor, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, also came on the same day Newsom was denied entry to the USA House, despite being scheduled to speak at a fireside chat with Fortune Media.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The prose poem is written as annotations to a diagram of a handgun.—
Krys Malcolm Belc,
Vogue,
3 Feb. 2026
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The Fed published a virtual tour of the buildings to its website, along with annotations to the 2021 proposal and photographs of the renovations.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
12 Jan. 2026
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The frustration of feeling unheard can cause feelings of loneliness and isolation that can increase risk of depression, Lang says.—
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,
Flow Space,
11 Feb. 2026
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The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry has warned that feelings of sadness and isolation are common among older adults, while depression remains widely underdiagnosed.—
Heather Madden,
Boston Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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