punditry

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Recent Examples of punditry 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 Even before a game was played, Klopp, in his punditry role, managed to annoy almost everybody within the German Football industrial complex by suggesting that Nagelsmann should drop Bayern Munich’s Musiala and play Deniz Undav of Stuttgart instead. Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 26 June 2026 Most footballers go straight into punditry or coaching or something at least connected to the game. Alex Ritman, Variety, 15 May 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
  • His songs spanned from party anthems to deep social commentary.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Over the last year, Grande has faced a wave of online commentary surrounding her health and body.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Today, while not nominating himself for said CNN editorial board, Emanuel made sure to avoid all that.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Alongside the citywide gallery program, ARTnews will present the Art Week NYC Hub, a gathering place for live interviews, panel discussions, artist talks, and editorial programming featuring many of the leading voices shaping today’s art world.
    News Desk, Artforum, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Renovated in 2005 at a cost of $8 million, the intimate 17-room hotel displays the trappings of Europe’s grandest hotels, starting with an impressive foyer with a Murano glass chandelier shaped like Constantin Brancusi’s infinity column.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The property is full of nods from the Napoleon III-era Second Empire style, with torsade columns, muted greens, terra-cotta touches, and stonework abound.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The company has continued to push back on criticism by offering law enforcement advice on how to counter public pressure at city council meetings, noted Torin Monahan, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The European Court of Human ​Rights ruled in 2014 that Hungary had sacked Baka for criticism ​of the ⁠government and that his removal did damage to democratic freedoms in Hungary.
    Reuters, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Atlanta City Council is directing city departments to beef up efforts to protect residents from the growing threat of extreme heat after the city recently faced withering critiques from homeless services groups for its response to a recent heatwave.
    Drew Kann, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Caught between a defensive line of fans, an array of worried and/or triggered observers, and people dressing their gleeful critiques of a woman’s body in the guise of concern, Grande interjects some of the slowest, somberest music of her career.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026

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

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