as in to lampoon
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Recent Examples of satirize
But Wood, Mallis, and co-writer Weston Auburn satirize the subtle ways that aspiring filmmakers, programmers, and cinephiles talk to each other so effectively that the film should charm its intended audience.
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Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
In a somewhat baffling aside that failed to meet the moment, Jordan Klepper popped in, supposedly live from Minneapolis, to satirize the ever-shifting goalposts of the administration’s justifications for Pretti’s death.
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Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2026
During the subsequent century, filmmakers returned to this reflexive mode of cinema for a variety of reasons, either to examine their artistic process, explore formal innovations, expose some horrible secret, or, perhaps most often, satirize the ivory-tower industry itself.
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Erik Morse,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
Producers have moved the show to an every-other-week schedule to more fully satirize current events.
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Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
In a somewhat baffling aside that failed to meet the moment, Jordan Klepper popped in, supposedly live from Minneapolis, to satirize the ever-shifting goalposts of the administration’s justifications for Pretti’s death.
—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2026
During the subsequent century, filmmakers returned to this reflexive mode of cinema for a variety of reasons, either to examine their artistic process, explore formal innovations, expose some horrible secret, or, perhaps most often, satirize the ivory-tower industry itself.
—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
Producers have moved the show to an every-other-week schedule to more fully satirize current events.
—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for satirize
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The effect isn’t to lampoon but to confront his raw emotion and to test his capacity for resilience.
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There are few better settings to lampoon celebrity and wealth than the French Riviera and the Cannes Film Festival.
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Comedy Central's South Park later parodied Mencia's reputation for taking credit for jokes that weren't his.
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Their live performances in Sydney’s drag scene parodied hyper-masculinity and soon moved into artist-run spaces with installations and video works.
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Within a couple of hours, Wilkins’ replies to the post were flooded with accusations of favoritism, questioning the use of taxpayer funds to book her and mocking her sincerity about being chosen as a performer following high-profile exits from the event.
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The 19-year-old was mocked as a late first-round, early second-round selection.
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There's that fish net aspect in there, the ruffles to mimic the coral, the pearls.
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Scientists agree some types of plastic can mimic fat, in particular in the brain, and that standardized methods are needed to sample and analyze plastic bits in the body.
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Those still carry weight, but many have become easier to acquire, finance, or imitate.
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Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.
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The move comes days after Havana unveiled its boldest economic liberalization in decades, which Washington derides as superficial.
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The phrase recalls the socialist Gilded Age mayors whom critics derided as too preoccupied with managing public works projects.
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Professional opportunities were nearly nonexistent, and some were ridiculed for playing.
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It was ridiculed by people outside the club and maybe that has something to do with it.
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And the ones that do exist were faceless in fields, or caricatured — displayed as subservient property.
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In an accompanying cartoon, Spark is caricatured as a sulking giant, tottering above the Tuscan countryside in a pair of high heels.
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“Satirize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satirize. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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