satirizing

present participle of satirize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for satirizing
Verb
  • The latter went from working on Star Trek properties (Next Gen, Voyager, Enterprise) to parodying them with MacFarlane on The Orville.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The White House announced Arcade on social media with a series of animations parodying Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo loading screens.
    — Lou Kesten, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • There were earlier versions of this story that were openly mocking of Kip, versions that threw Leo under the bus for being too sly; versions that were too overtly political; versions with ghosts that didn’t need to be there, and so on.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Reels captured everything from dancing and DJ parties at protest sites to songs mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
    — Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • After outlining that corrupt deal, Du Bois dissects how scholarship sympathetic to the northern interests then rewrote Reconstruction’s history, turning the period into a fable of failure while caricaturing Black political leadership and widespread democratic participation.
    — Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Sorry, but that does not disqualify you from ridiculing a quarterback for being melodramatic.
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • In 2012, fury over an anti-Muslim film ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad sparked violent clashes across the Muslim world.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Rather than simply imitating the brain with silicon chips, the approach uses actual neurons to perform computational work.
    — Mike McRae October 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
  • OpenAI denied intentionally imitating Johansson’s voice and later withdrew the feature.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The novel was also partly epistolary, including segments of fictional court transcripts and news coverage created by King (who enjoyed mimicking different writing styles).
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Germany and the United States surpassed the United Kingdom economically, not simply by mimicking it but by taking its innovations further.
    — NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Decades later, long after Hemingway’s death, in 1961, Carlos Baker, Hemingway’s biographer, told Conrad about some of the letters deriding him.
    — Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
  • So many algorithms are chock-full of messaging deriding our state for its problems with affordability, housing costs, homelessness, the wealth gap, or regulation and bureaucracy.
    — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The would-be crook used caller ID-spoofing technology, which experts say is getting more and more convincing.
    — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Musical guests Katseye cameoed in a sketch on last night’s Saturday Night Live, spoofing their point of origin, Netflix’s Dream Academy.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2026
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“Satirizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satirizing. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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