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Recent Examples of obiter dictum
Unfortunately, the Pennsylvania appellate court did not stop there, although what follows is no more than obiter dictum or, in English, just the non-precedential musings of the court.
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 14 Jan. 2026
Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obiter dictum
Noun
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The intelligence analysis was first reported by the Washington Post.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Authorities were able to identify multiple people who were allegedly involved through search warrants, financial analysis and assistance from financial institutions, according to Wellington.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Their conversation would often go off the rails thanks to humous asides and stories.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
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With not a lot of airtime to transition her protagonist from reasonable to out of touch with reality, Jonas relegated much of her character’s contemplative qualities to the asides and exaggerated her more base characteristics by adding in some reckless behavior.—
Elaina Patton,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Obiter dictum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obiter%20dictum. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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