obiter dicta

plural of obiter dictum

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obiter dicta
Noun
  • However, recent analyses indicate California is not on track to meet its future targets of cutting emissions 40% by 2030 and 85% by 2045.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The General Assembly should consider economic impact analyses, public input and community impacts, while also considering opportunity costs (investments and funding foregone due to the stadium investment).
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Jio Platforms, the company at the center of Musk's remarks, is coming up with a record IPO issue soon, but its valuation demands have met with pushback from investors who seem unconvinced of the company's positioning as a tech business.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • His remarks evoked a world on edge, beset by growing social and economic divides and the uneven effects of globalization.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • My irritation was not with the charge itself but with how some of the commentaries about it invoked as evidence Vance’s wish to be buried in the country graveyard where generations of his ancestors already rest.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Postmortem commentaries on the campaign agreed that many factors were at play in Sinclair’s loss — FDR had kept his distance and progressive candidate Raymond Haight siphoned off votes from Sinclair — but Hollywood proudly took credit.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • AcePDF also handles interactive forms, annotations, customizable watermarks, shapes, and comments.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
  • His commentary became an important part of the textual tradition, and his annotations are included in many modern editions of the work.
    — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Who would want the callous world that successfully cloistered the feelings of others?
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Seyfried gets defensive about this, grappling with her own complicated feelings about playing a real person on film.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
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“Obiter dicta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obiter%20dicta. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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