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Noun
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Whatever the reason, the Oscars can no longer afford the luxury of snobbery.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2025 -
Elite food-world snobbery against big, bustling restaurants.—
Dwight Garner,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There was a kind of a snobbism about it.—
Julian Sancton,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 May 2022
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Of course, culture shock works the other way around, too, and the image of Southerners who venture to the cold, bitter North for college only to be met by cultural snobbism and insulting assumptions about their identities is itself a stereotype.—
Nicole LaPorte,
Town & Country,
2 Oct. 2022
Noun
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This silliness, the silliness of his arrogance, was actually funny to me.—
Ottessa Moshfegh,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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On the dark side, however, Mercury in Leo can spark moments of arrogance and stubbornness.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
26 June 2025
Noun
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Home equity and Medicaid Under both chambers, applicants wouldn't qualify for Medicaid if their home equity is valued at more than $1 million, regardless of inflation.—
July 1,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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The Fed chairman, who is supposed to act independently of politics, is cautious because of the unknown impact of Trump’s trade war and tariffs on inflation.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
30 June 2025
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The kitchen borrowed the ingredient worship of Chez Panisse, but not its reverence for simplicity; the fancy culture-mash pizza of Spago, but not its Eurocentric hauteur; the cheffy precision of the French Laundry, but not its fussy formality.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2025
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There was some explanation for his elusiveness, quite apart from the everyday hauteur of the fashion industry.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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Right now, his focus is on doing eight shows a week, while injecting a Big Easy swing to the Major General’s pomposity.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2025
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His boisterous persona was more comical than confrontational, a hot-air balloon of strutting pomposity punctured by his family.—
Jim McKairnes,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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In addition to the bylaws allegations, Soriano has accused Wulff of bullying and condescension.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 May 2025
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For decades, Russians have regarded their superpower rival with a mixture of admiration and hatred, condescension and envy.—
ANDREI KOLESNIKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
9 May 2025
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“Snootiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snootiness. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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