punditry

noun

Definition of punditrynext
as in commentary

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Recent Examples of punditry The safest bit of punditry in this talk was his ranking of AI as the world’s biggest technological change and agentic AI as its most cybersecurity-relevant sector. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026 Leavitt joins a long line of former White House press secretaries who have made the jump to TV news punditry. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 One of the clumsiest parts of Klosterman’s book is his attempts at political punditry. — Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for punditry
  1. commentary
  2. editorial
  3. column
  4. criticism
  5. critique
Noun
  • Agents now match reconciliations, draft journal entries, suggest accrual estimates and write the variance commentary that goes to the audit committee.
    — Jacqueline DeStefano-Tangorra, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • All four movies exhibit Mackenzie’s knack for trenchant social and political commentary slightly heightened by his elegance as a dramatist and visceral genre filmmaker, and all are accompanied by illuminating supplements.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of commentary
Noun
  • Speaking with Fortune executive editorial director Diane Brady at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit in California this week, Black said trust and engagement gang together.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Tatyana Tinsley Born and raised in the Bronx, Tinsley began modeling in 2019 and has since built a portfolio of commercial, editorial and runway work.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of editorial
Noun
  • The artwork extends across an iron column, a beam, the ceiling, and the surrounding walls.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • In his Sunday column this week, Jim Cramer noted that this market is facing several headwinds — both at home and abroad.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of column
Noun
  • Trump's continuing criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and praise of Putin only give Putin further confidence the United States is not serious about imposing more severe sanctions.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
  • His government, the most nationalist and far-right in Israel’s history, faces domestic criticism over security failures and international criticism over the treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of criticism
Noun
  • Since the nineteen-nineties, a Korean New Wave had been praised for embedding capitalist critique in movies packed with monsters, slithering octopuses, killers, and killer cops.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • What readers are saying The comments reflect a mix of admiration and critique for Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural designs.
    — Ashley Stimpson, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of critique

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“Punditry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punditry. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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