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Recent Examples of punditry
Someone who is unable to work in mainstream punditry because his face no longer fits, but is determined to raise standards among those who do as an outside agitator.
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Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
Kirk began his political punditry while in college, writing essays for conservative publications like Breitbart News and The Daily Caller.
—ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
The channel decided to eschew analysis and expert punditry during the many breaks in play for the 6pm game in favour of in-studio games featuring two teams of friends and family competing for prizes.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Her pivot to punditry changed her work forever.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
Kirk began his political punditry while in college, writing essays for conservative publications like Breitbart News and The Daily Caller.
—ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
The channel decided to eschew analysis and expert punditry during the many breaks in play for the 6pm game in favour of in-studio games featuring two teams of friends and family competing for prizes.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Her pivot to punditry changed her work forever.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for punditry
Noun
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Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth will have play-by-play and color commentary, with sideline reporting done by Melissa Stark.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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One commentary was a classic example of how to construct a persuasive essay.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board consists of Opinion Editor Steve Bousquet, Deputy Opinion Editor Dan Sweeney, editorial writers Pat Beall and Martin Dyckman, and Executive Editor Gretchen Day-Bryant.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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In an editorial published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, federal health officials said the new guidelines could help increase screening rates, particularly for women in rural areas or those who don’t have easy access to health clinics or doctor’s offices.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Jim Varsallone writes a high school sports column twice a week, featuring top performers in all varsity sports (boys and girls) in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.—
Miami Herald Staff Reports,
Miami Herald,
9 Nov. 2025
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This loss is in Frank’s column, to be fair.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And cornerback Mike Jackson, who had four pass breakups and an interception in the playoff game, dismissed criticism of Evero’s play-calling on the defense’s final drive.—
Mike Kaye
Updated January 11,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Jan. 2026
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The couple, who did not grow up knowing one another because of estrangements in their families, faced criticism from both sets of parents for the union.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The other side of this has been the money in the industry’s pivot first to cheaper talk shows, which don’t innovate enough to merit much critique, and now to a second pivot to turn those interview shows into video series, which makes podcasts more friendly on TikTok and Instagram and YouTube.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Many of the comments also came from adult children of immigrant parents—raised on a steady diet of love expressed as critique–who felt seen in her story.—
Lynda Lin Grigsby,
Parents,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Punditry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punditry. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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