obiter dicta

Definition of obiter dictanext
plural of obiter dictum

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obiter dicta
Noun
  • However, the analyses from the Yale Budget Lab and the Tax Policy Center assume that the tariffs the court ruled on aren’t replaced with other tariffs.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Unlike the city of Poway, which favors hitching posts over parking meters, San Diego has elected to ignore all rational analyses of parking fee options, in favor of looking at parking as a cash cow.
    Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Some leaders, producers and directors were not amused by Goldberg, saying her remarks were insulting and dismissive of a serious fight to gain diversity within the motion picture industry.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • According to one of the individuals familiar with the situation, Kimmel was prepared to deliver his monologue the night he was taken off the air and had planned to address the right-wing backlash to his remarks.
    Dan Heching, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • The prose poem is written as annotations to a diagram of a handgun.
    Krys Malcolm Belc, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • When feelings have room to breathe, all kinds of bonds between people can grow!
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2026
  • And this is true even if your feelings have been hurt.
    Barton Goldsmith, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Obiter dicta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obiter%20dicta. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.

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