Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Babbitts
Noun
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We’d be laughed at and called ignorant boors!—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Smarmy jerks can get obscenely wealthy in this country just by managing other people’s money.—
Gilad Edelman,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2026
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Moreover, where most clients are great, some are jerks.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Deep cherry red, black, and white come together to create a whimsical world of dice, cards, sad clowns, and a ticking pocketwatch.—
Samantha Brash,
InStyle,
8 Feb. 2026
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These clowns don't even have the courage of their pathetic White supremacist convictions.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Salty water creeps into aquifers near the coast.—
Devika Rao,
TheWeek,
23 Jan. 2026
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The opposite happens in the Southern Hemisphere, when the polar vortex around Antarctica creeps northward.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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All of this comes on the heels of the FBI upping its reward for information on Guthrie.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
13 Feb. 2026
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Totsuka laid down a massive second run featuring back-to-back jumps with three head-over-heels flips each.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Ninety-nine percent of politicians are scumbags.—
Tony Dokoupil,
CBS News,
16 Nov. 2025
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Once the province of bikers and sailors and scumbags, tattoos now appear on nearly one-third of all Americans.—
John Semley,
The Atlantic,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The first is more music, for the indie dirtbags in the house.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
21 Nov. 2025
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The vignettes in Dirtbag Billionaire unequivocally show that Chouinard was once the dirtbag to end all dirtbags—and remains so at heart.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Babbitts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Babbitts. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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