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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
Noun
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Try planting carrots with sage to ward off carrot rust flies or with radishes, which have similar growing needs.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2026
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One of Altman’s batch mates in the first Y Combinator cohort was Aaron Swartz, a brilliant but troubled coder who died by suicide in 2013 and is now remembered in many tech circles as something of a sage.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Repeat with the remaining mandarins, adding more cornstarch as needed.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Harvest for mandarins can begin as early as November and last through April.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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His own trajectory — from outright banning student use to cautious skepticism to daily reliance — tracks the arc many serious thinkers have traveled.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Throughout the book, Enright’s essays shine a light in her work on Irish writers and thinkers of whom Americans might otherwise remain ignorant or only hold scant knowledge, including Maeve Brennan, John McGahern, and Edna O’Brien.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Pseud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pseud. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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