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Recent Examples of zinger
His remarks on transgender sports were only the latest of such zingers.
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Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 12 Mar. 2025
The Onion, the satirical website that delights in needling politicians in faux news stories, didn’t miss the opportunity to send a zinger Newsom’s way at the end of last week.
—Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Rick Elice and Bob Martin’s book could use more acid in its zingers, and the plot barely hangs together.
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
Barber noted that as the series went on, Danny, Jesse and Joey got increasingly tough in the zingers directed her way.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
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Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 12 Mar. 2025
The Onion, the satirical website that delights in needling politicians in faux news stories, didn’t miss the opportunity to send a zinger Newsom’s way at the end of last week.
—Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Rick Elice and Bob Martin’s book could use more acid in its zingers, and the plot barely hangs together.
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
Barber noted that as the series went on, Danny, Jesse and Joey got increasingly tough in the zingers directed her way.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zinger
Noun
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Thomas Edison makes real the once fantastical notion of an entire building lit up by electricity, and Oscar Wilde charms the New York aristocracy with his witticisms, if not his plays.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
24 June 2025
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The witticism, sometimes misattributed to James Baldwin, began to spread a few months into the coronavirus pandemic, as the shock of mass layoffs started to give way to broader dissatisfaction with work.—
Lora Kelley,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2025
Noun
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The bit was posting archival photos from Gen X’s formative years, together with wisecracks about how life was better/tougher/cooler/randier back then.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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And quite simply, the data does not back the wisecracks up.—
Theodore McDarrah,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Tammy Bruce made the quip during an appearance last month on the Israeli TV show i24 News.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Auctioneers offered dry quips in their light mocking of the clientele.—
Emma Bowman,
NPR,
23 June 2025
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Prices of stocks and bonds, along with long-term interest rates, have oscillated up and down in response to the daily verbal sallies from the White House.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2025
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The most comprehensive sally, of course, is the administration’s drastic and abrupt cut in funding by the National Institutes of Health.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Zinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zinger. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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