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Recent Examples of so-called
It is set at an elite preparatory school to groom future wives, made up of daughters of Commanders, many of whom have been taken away from their birth parents, and so-called Pearl Girls, recruited from outside of Gilead.
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Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
The park will be built on an empty stretch along Texas 4 near the Starbase office and so-called Starfactory, where the company builds Starship rockets.
—Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Feb. 2026
This epoch is so-called because we Earthlings have yet to sense anything from this time period, which started about 380,000 years after the big bang and lasted 200 million to 400 million years.
—Harry Goldstein, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2026
The hope is that the technology used in the ‘drop-in’ sustainable fuels – so-called because they can be dropped into any internal combustion engine – can transfer to the broader automotive industry.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Jonathan Nackstrand | Afp | Getty Images The discovery of the so-called Per Geijer deposit sits in close proximity to the world’s largest underground iron ore mine.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
No, the Rubber City—so-called because of the factories established there by Goodrich, Firestone, General Tire, and Goodyear—had never seen anything like this.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Sep. 2025
The females can lay eggs in any warm-blooded animal, which then hatch, unleashing hundreds of screwworm larvae, so-called because of their sharp mouths and their burrowing being compared to the motion of a screw.
—Patrick Smith, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
But that is not about being so-called normal or not normal.
—ABC News, 24 Aug. 2025
Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
The park will be built on an empty stretch along Texas 4 near the Starbase office and so-called Starfactory, where the company builds Starship rockets.
—Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Feb. 2026
This epoch is so-called because we Earthlings have yet to sense anything from this time period, which started about 380,000 years after the big bang and lasted 200 million to 400 million years.
—Harry Goldstein, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2026
The hope is that the technology used in the ‘drop-in’ sustainable fuels – so-called because they can be dropped into any internal combustion engine – can transfer to the broader automotive industry.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Jonathan Nackstrand | Afp | Getty Images The discovery of the so-called Per Geijer deposit sits in close proximity to the world’s largest underground iron ore mine.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
No, the Rubber City—so-called because of the factories established there by Goodrich, Firestone, General Tire, and Goodyear—had never seen anything like this.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Sep. 2025
The females can lay eggs in any warm-blooded animal, which then hatch, unleashing hundreds of screwworm larvae, so-called because of their sharp mouths and their burrowing being compared to the motion of a screw.
—Patrick Smith, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
But that is not about being so-called normal or not normal.
—ABC News, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for so-called
Adjective
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Earle also seemed to hint at an alleged feud in August 2025 with another pointed comment on TikTok.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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One of the alleged victims, 95-year-old Angela Liriano, said she was left without money for food after her benefits disappeared.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Saks’s financial relationship with vendors has frayed as chargebacks (fees for supposed violations of shipping manuals or packaging rules) moved from occasional nuisance to what Pollet characterized as a structured revenue stream.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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But a handful of anglers, influencers, and content creators have gone public about their own experiences with DTF over the last week, and the supposed scam league is now dominating most corners of the online fishing space.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
19 Feb. 2026
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“So-called.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/so-called. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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