quacks

plural of quack

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Recent Examples of quacks But let’s circle back to TV‘s patron saint of affable, oft–insidious quacks. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025 Automatic ducking doesn't add quacks to your soundtrack. PC Magazine, 15 Nov. 2025 As experts departed, quacks arrived. Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025 Medallion’s Derek Lo figures that his software can cut through the system’s redundancies, slashing the time and cost of paperwork designed to prevent quacks from practicing medicine and safeguard patients that’s spiraled into something burdensome. Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quacks
Noun
  • Their only inheritance is a legacy of two-bit crime that inspires them to run increasingly audacious frauds.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 15 July 2026
  • Lowry, in the meantime, would embark on a two-decade career in a league that spits out frauds on the regular.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • In this case, as staff eventually discovered, the box had been returned – but the books themselves had been replaced with fakes.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 15 July 2026
  • Some of the manuscripts were never returned, while others were replaced with fakes.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • Now, hardship seems to be an end in itself, a battle scar or badge of honor that distinguishes true backpackers from mere pretenders.
    Tim Brinkhof, Time, 4 May 2026
  • This is where hype turns into hard numbers, and contenders start getting separated from pretenders.
    Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Others estimate that $500 billion in federal spending is diverted by charlatans each year.
    Las Vegas Review-Journal, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
  • The 21st century’s obstacles for young men—as seen in deaths of despair and lagging employment—have been amply publicized both by credible journalists and by charlatans such as Fuentes.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Treat it as the foundation for a beautifully layered bed or add the matching pillow shams to streamline the look.
    Vy Yang, Architectural Digest, 17 July 2026
  • Not washing your duvet cover (and shams, if applicable) in a dedicated load.
    Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 14 July 2026

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“Quacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quacks. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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