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Recent Examples of pablum
In its place, there is only nonspecific pablum about the power of community.
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Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Later in the day, the original pablum from the White House was approved by the Security Council when Britain and France withheld their vetoes by abstaining while China and Russia voted in favor.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025
In other cases, domain-name hustlers have purchased the URLs of media properties that have fallen on hard times and resurrected them as AI content mills, sometimes replacing their previously sound journalism with robotic pablum.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025
Her positive pablum came too late to stop critics from casting her as a modern-day Nero, the emperor who supposedly fiddled away as Rome burned.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Later in the day, the original pablum from the White House was approved by the Security Council when Britain and France withheld their vetoes by abstaining while China and Russia voted in favor.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025
In other cases, domain-name hustlers have purchased the URLs of media properties that have fallen on hard times and resurrected them as AI content mills, sometimes replacing their previously sound journalism with robotic pablum.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025
Her positive pablum came too late to stop critics from casting her as a modern-day Nero, the emperor who supposedly fiddled away as Rome burned.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pablum
candy
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Kith Treats sells soft-serve ice cream and milkshakes that can be mixed with cereal or candy, a Build Your Own menu and some of the company’s global collections.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
15 May 2025
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The finish is long and sweet, with lingering tropical fruit and hard maple candy notes.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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“Pablum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pablum. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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