obiter dicta

Definition of obiter dictanext
plural of obiter dictum
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Noun
  • However, various analyses have suggested that the chatbot is stopping users from leaving Google’s platform.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
  • Structural and optical analyses showed that the method promoted homogeneous crystal growth and prevented halide redistribution.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • The remarks at North Javits Center, a cavernous new event hall along New York’s Hudson River, followed a brief introduction by Anne Hathaway.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 12 May 2026
  • His remarks imply a diminished role for the multinational peacekeepers, which the United Nations Security Council had said would be charged with tasks like training a new police force and disarming militant groups.
    Matt Bradley, NBC news, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • Church’s landscapes from those traumatic years functioned as commentaries on the conflict’s course.
    Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Pau’s videos, operating both as personal diaries and layered social commentaries, reflect a territorial condition mired in uncertainty.
    Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • These records passed through countless hands, accruing wear, annotations, and personal histories.
    Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 1 May 2026
  • Venter rose to fame in the field for publishing the first bacterial genome ever decoded, along with a list of gene annotations, in 1995.
    Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • When the Moon enters Taurus, simple words give your feelings somewhere safe to land.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
  • But with Ben White down injured after 26 minutes and forced off, Arsenal’s season depended on Arteta and his gut feelings again.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 13 May 2026
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“Obiter dicta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obiter%20dicta. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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