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Recent Examples of pablum
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.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 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
In its place, there is only nonspecific pablum about the power of community.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The resulting excess of unchecked pablum and misinformation depressed not only outside observers but also many of the more seasoned members of the Republican foreign policy community who took the subject seriously.
—Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2013
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 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
In its place, there is only nonspecific pablum about the power of community.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The resulting excess of unchecked pablum and misinformation depressed not only outside observers but also many of the more seasoned members of the Republican foreign policy community who took the subject seriously.
—Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pablum
candy
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Last week, Nestlé, the $244 billion food conglomerate behind some of the world’s most beloved candy and coffee brands, announced that its CEO, Laurent Freixe, had been dismissed for violating the company code of conduct after just one year on the job.—
Lila MacLellan,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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So, this was like being a kid in a candy shop to get to see all this stuff.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Pablum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pablum. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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