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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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Mexican flags and candy adorned the Copley Plaza in front of The Old Globe on Saturday as a crowd joined dignitaries in celebrating the 215th Mexican Independence Day.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Sep. 2025
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While in Sevierville, stop by the Apple Barn Cider Mill & General Store, with two restaurants, a winery, cider house, creamery, bakery, candy factory, candle shop and a working orchard.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Pablum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pablum. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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