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Recent Examples of so-called
In addition to the bright orange lava fountains that make for a dramatic spectacle and wildly shareable social media content, the eruption also sent ash and other material like scoria and so-called Pele’s hair nearly a mile into the atmosphere.
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Eric MacK, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Starting in October 2023, payments resumed, but nonpayment wasn’t reported to credit bureaus because the Department of Education provided borrowers with a so-called on ramp.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Leigh Bowery arrived from Sunshine, Australia, soon conquered the Cha Cha Club and the Camden Palace, and in 1985 opened Taboo—so-called because nothing that happened there was.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
Next year, 13 Hollywood movies slated for release will be shot on Imax digital cameras or film, beating a previous record logged in 2021 when seven so-called filmed for Imax movies came out.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Among the tactics that are off limits: AI cannot be used to mislead voters, spread disinformation and so-called deepfakes, or deliberately manipulate images.
—Courtney Subramanian, Fortune, 6 May 2024
Bridget Ziegler was appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to the board overseeing the special district encompassing Walt Disney World, which DeSantis created in retaliation for Walt Disney Co.’s criticism of his so-called Don’t Say Gay law suppressing discussion of gender issues in public schools.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
There’s stuff in that letter that wasn’t even invented when it was so-called written.
CAROLINA:
Look.
—Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
According to Rebecca Gorman, co-founder and CEO of Aligned , the company’s so-called Algorithm for Concept Extraction, or ACE, is much better at avoiding making such spurious connections.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
Eric MacK, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Starting in October 2023, payments resumed, but nonpayment wasn’t reported to credit bureaus because the Department of Education provided borrowers with a so-called on ramp.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Leigh Bowery arrived from Sunshine, Australia, soon conquered the Cha Cha Club and the Camden Palace, and in 1985 opened Taboo—so-called because nothing that happened there was.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
Next year, 13 Hollywood movies slated for release will be shot on Imax digital cameras or film, beating a previous record logged in 2021 when seven so-called filmed for Imax movies came out.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Among the tactics that are off limits: AI cannot be used to mislead voters, spread disinformation and so-called deepfakes, or deliberately manipulate images.
—Courtney Subramanian, Fortune, 6 May 2024
Bridget Ziegler was appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to the board overseeing the special district encompassing Walt Disney World, which DeSantis created in retaliation for Walt Disney Co.’s criticism of his so-called Don’t Say Gay law suppressing discussion of gender issues in public schools.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
There’s stuff in that letter that wasn’t even invented when it was so-called written.
CAROLINA:
Look.
—Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
According to Rebecca Gorman, co-founder and CEO of Aligned , the company’s so-called Algorithm for Concept Extraction, or ACE, is much better at avoiding making such spurious connections.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for so-called
Adjective
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Assets unrelated to the alleged crime, however, couldn't be touched.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
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Days after the alleged incident, Jolie filed for divorce.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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Two men, Xiang Li and Bowen Zhou, are accused of stalking the family over a supposed debt, leading to a shooting at the family’s home, according to the FBI.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
4 July 2025
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While getting ready for a wedding, a teacher named Todd (Mr. T to his students) is strangled to death by a supposed chauffeur, who assumes his identity with the help of facial prosthetics and a fake glass eye to match Todd’s real one.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
3 July 2025
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“So-called.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/so-called. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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