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as in scholar
a person of deep wisdom or learning
a moral question that has puzzled the pundits throughout the ages
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as in reviewer
a person who makes or expresses a judgment on the quality of offerings in some field of endeavor
the new mini laptop has gotten a thumbs-up from industry pundits
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Recent Examples of pundit
There’s a curveball that exists this year that pundits and analysts have yet to fully consider.
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Federal law enforcement agents and many conservative pundits have spent the past 72 hours blaming Pretti for bringing a gun to a sign fight.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
There were a few plays that caught the attention of NFL fans and pundits as the Seahawks narrowly edged the Rams, 31-27.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Longtime pundit Charles Barkley spoke on ESPN’s tipoff show and called for calm.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Federal law enforcement agents and many conservative pundits have spent the past 72 hours blaming Pretti for bringing a gun to a sign fight.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
There were a few plays that caught the attention of NFL fans and pundits as the Seahawks narrowly edged the Rams, 31-27.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Longtime pundit Charles Barkley spoke on ESPN’s tipoff show and called for calm.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pundit
Noun
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Legal scholars say this framing is intentional.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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Take Habermas, whose defense of Israeli ethnic cleansing was protested immediately by such eminent scholars as Adam Tooze and Amia Srinivasan.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Keith Lee, a food reviewer with over 17 million followers, celebrated the announcement among other attendees.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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Follow-up experiments showed that when otherwise identical recommendations differed only in whether the reviewer experienced the activity alone or with others, respondents were more likely to rely on the solo reviewer when deciding what to do.—
Peter McGraw,
The Conversation,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Washington Post food critic Elazar Sontag entertains your restaurant questions, rants and raves.—
Elazar Sontag,
Washington Post,
14 Jan. 2026
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Flynn, a Wu critic who nominated Worrell, was assigned to chair city services.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Pundit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pundit. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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