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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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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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Ditto for Selena Gomez in her golden Louis Vuitton column gown, which nodded to the Emmy statuette.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026
The new design uses 17 extraction columns across four core processing sections to handle tasks that previously required over 70 conventional tanks.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 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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Beyond just seeing him as an outsider, the loudest critiques of Cenat’s foray into fashion seem to be wrapped up in a broader disdain for streamer culture writ large.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026
Most of the critiques had nothing to do with his talent or skill.

— Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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