Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasquinading
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In setting Blood Hammer Girl in an exotic, vague past, Locklear takes the audience back to a supposedly simpler time while sending up the human penchant for self-destruction in any era.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026 -
Today, Lake Michigan is not sending up a warning flag as obvious as miles of dead fish.—
Theodore J. Karamanski,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Nor was the fact that much of our president’s career has been spent mocking, belittling, and degrading women.—
Brittany Pettersen,
Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2026
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Does protecting safety, fairness and dignity in women’s sports include mocking them from the highest office in the land?—
Heidi Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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The pointed-toe shoe features brogue perforations and lacing at the vamp, mimicking the classic brogue dress shoe.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Then, Tinney brought it up as high as his frame would permit, mimicking the over-the-top release point of 6-foot-6 superstar Dylan Volantis.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
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Hemp products imitating the designs of popular children’s snacks have become so common that the Federal Trade Commission told manufacturers to stop in 2023.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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The most graphic pieces incorporate up to 300 different patchwork elements, imitating traditional quilting motifs.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
9 Feb. 2026
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This mash-up especially works as the musical develops a secondary theme, spoofing the iconography of the Broadway musical itself.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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Investigators determined the text had come through a voice over IP service capable of spoofing phone numbers.—
Michael Ruiz , Matt Finn,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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In response, track athlete Alysia Montaño crafted a video in conjunction with the New York Times, parodying Nike’s sponsor’s ad.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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These are the exact type of tried-and-true New Yorkers and New York hip-hop heads the Bodega Boys blew up by parodying with their frequently unhinged back-and-forth.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
6 Feb. 2026
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Trump was explicit about his reasons for sabotaging the monumental project by October, deriding it as a favorite of New York Democrat and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Throughout the conflict, The Free Press wrote from an unambiguously pro-Israeli point of view, deriding both pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses and the coverage of the war in mainstream outlets, including this magazine.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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After outlining that corrupt deal, Du Bois dissects how scholarship sympathetic to the northern interests then rewrote Reconstruction’s history, turning the period into a fable of failure while caricaturing Black political leadership and widespread democratic participation.—
Zephyr Teachout,
The Atlantic,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Pasquinading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasquinading. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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