punditry

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for punditry
Noun
  • NASASpaceflight has many cameras in position around Starbase, and the company typically shares up-close video views and live commentary for preflight activities.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Rates become an even bigger hurdle for stocks Treasury yields surged to multidecade highs last week as strong economic data and hawkish Federal Reserve commentary raised expectations for more rate hikes.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Visual design showcased work across branding, campaigns, editorials, motion graphics, posters and exhibition design.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • As for outerwear, a leather jacket will give the look some edge, while a tan trench coat reads more editorial.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The move has already drawn criticism from at least one GOP senator.
    — Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Pezeshkian faces criticism from hard-liners who oppose any diplomacy.
    — Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • 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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“Punditry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punditry. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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