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Recent Examples of pseud
Salutes to two pop music artists (X-Ray Spex and David Johansen) are preferable to Laura Poitras’s nauseating politicization of cultural pseud-activist Nan Goldin.
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Armond White, National Review, 6 Jan. 2023
Mr Baudet is dismissed by the establishment as a pseud-in-a-suit, but his calls for the Dutch to leave the EU resonate.
—The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
Her son, Art, is a hapless nature blogger and pointless pseud.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
Armond White, National Review, 6 Jan. 2023
Mr Baudet is dismissed by the establishment as a pseud-in-a-suit, but his calls for the Dutch to leave the EU resonate.
—The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
Her son, Art, is a hapless nature blogger and pointless pseud.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pseud
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With encouragement from Kincaid, Lee, 49, began by planting small sages that would grow quickly and help prevent erosion, since water, mulch and rain often ran down the hillside to the sidewalk.—
Lisa Boone,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Others have attractive leaves and beautiful flowers, including Mexican bush sage (Salvia leucantha, shown here) and pineapple sage (Salvia elegans).—
Daniel Scott,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 June 2026
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His paragon, surprisingly, was Adorno, who, notwithstanding his mandarin prose, often explicated his ideas on radio and television.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Other notes include mandarin essence, Indian jasmine, and blackcurrant accord for a fruity touch.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
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The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits.—
Judith Thurman,
The New Yorker,
11 Sep. 2023
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But Peck is already aware of Imogen's penchant for pandemonium, resisting the task of baby-sitting a bluestocking.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
10 May 2023
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Consolmagno’s reasoning helps explain why proof of extraterrestrial life hasn’t shaken the faith of many Catholic thinkers.—
Luis Parrales,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2026
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The event influenced Enlightenment thinkers such as Voltaire and helped push early ideas in seismology.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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“Pseud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pseud. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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