punditry

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Recent Examples of punditry 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 The biggest night in American sport will be hosted by Dermot O’Leary and Sam Quek, who will be joined by NFL stars providing punditry and analysis throughout the game. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for punditry
Noun
  • Members of the club’s in-house commentary team embraced fans in front of them; manager David Moyes punched the air.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Magnus had almost entirely eradicated the type of commentary that divided fans along political and racial lines.
    Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Elektra was previously the editor-in-chief at Selfridges, looking after content and editorial, and has held senior roles at i-D and Vice.
    Elektra Kotsoni, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The review also dismissed suggestions that the organization acted in response to the substance of the editorial, STAT’s Elizabeth Cooney reports.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • This column was in danger of turning into some sort of Brentford fanzine after the first two games of the season, especially given our obsession with Mamadou Sangare.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The columns of the National Gallery’s portico provide a dramatic yet sturdy backdrop to London’s busiest open space, Trafalgar Square.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Vucic has pushed hard against the protesters as the government faced international criticism over police violence and arbitrary detentions of demonstrators.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • His political interests would be served if Republicans were to stop attacking Carlson and if Carlson were to tone down his criticism of the GOP.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • There is perhaps a subtle critique here, of the predatory instincts of the filmmaker towards their subject, of the desire to invade someone else’s life and shape their reality according to your own will.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026
  • That is a sharp, unsparing, and highly accurate critique of the direction consumer technology is moving.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

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“Punditry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punditry. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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