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punditry

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Definition of punditry

as in commentary

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Recent Examples of punditry Gen Z’s apparent celibacy has been the subject of plenty of punditry, and yet fictional romance is only getting steamier. — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026 But her growing interest in punditry and opinion left Fox increasingly uncovered before the law. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026 Highlights of around eight minutes from each match, without the punditry, will also be available on the BBC website on Saturdays and Sundays from around 8pm. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 But punditry about conflict between the ascendant DSA left, wounded WFP progressives, and the soul-searching center misses a key point and leaves out a key question. — Ryder Kessler, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026 This is scholarship translated for a wider audience, not traded for punditry. — Literary Hub, 23 July 2026 There’s a bad tendency in punditry to claim that one race, with its unique timing and circumstance, explains everything in politics. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 July 2026 But Turner’s original vision was distinct from the panel programs and punditry that’s now replaced original reporting from around the world. — Michael J. Socolow, The Conversation, 7 May 2026 This is what led my friend and me to our idle accounting of new-media punditry. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Postmortem commentaries on the campaign agreed that many factors were at play in Sinclair’s loss — FDR had kept his distance and progressive candidate Raymond Haight siphoned off votes from Sinclair — but Hollywood proudly took credit.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
Two years ago, Shen Anyu, a voice actor who earns a living from narrating news commentaries and other short programs, began noticing an alarming number of videos on social-media platforms that seemed to feature his voice without his permission.

— Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of commentary

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Curated by Liu Tian, a professor at the School of Intermedia Art at the China Academy of Art, the show subtly champions both commerce and art with an elusive QR code that links to a shoppable Taobao editorial.

— Denni Hu, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026
Her résumé grew far beyond those dELiA*s pages, with appearances in editorials for Vogue, O, InStyle, Cosmopolitan, YM, Seventeen, Glamour and Teen.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of editorial

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The Greek columns on its facade, south of downtown on the corner of Holman and Austin Streets, proclaimed the stability— the unimpeachable correctness—of one of the city’s most enduring institutions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
The artists receiving the most votes will be featured in a music column launching soon.

— Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of column

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The remarks drew criticism from some Jewish and pro-Israel organizations, including the Israeli-American Council, which called for Macklemore to be removed from the tour.

— Anna Tingley, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
The loss aggravated criticism of quarterback Justin Herbert and the Chargers’ lack of protection for him.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of criticism

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But the assumption that happiness and virtue should be systematically balanced is implied in every moral critique.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
The implicit villain in that critique was Senator Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who refused to go along with changing the Senate rules, dooming many of Biden’s legislative ambitions.

— Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

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