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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissert
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Digital and tech journalist Taylor Lorenz expounds upon the influence of the digital space called social media in her book, Extremely Online.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026 -
On Monday, the coach took to social media with a string of posts explaining his departure, expounding on a situation with many layers.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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Rahill is the master of male-loneliness epidemic comedy, and his best work absorbs the collective unconscious of the internet’s aimless single dudes who sermonize to their phones from front seats of cars in dead mall parking lots, then spits it back out as a ridiculous reflection.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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Raised in the segregated south, he was steeped in the tradition of Confederate preachers who sermonized to their flocks in the CSA on the holiness of white supremacy and characterized the Christian god as inherently racist.—
Jared Yates Sexton,
The New Republic,
25 Mar. 2020
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The literary space has always been a realm where Black intellectuals, writers, and artists examine history, pontificate about the future, and survey dominant narratives.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
30 Dec. 2025
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That’s especially true for one of its two main narrators, Verity, an aging franchise movie star who acts, thinks, and pontificates like an adolescent.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2025
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Not just when Juicy soliloquizes across the proscenium or Tedra casts us some side-eye.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2023
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Not everyone can soliloquize like Gaga.—
Chelsey Sanchez,
Harper's BAZAAR,
6 Sep. 2022
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Sylvie Terjesen, 16, won the regional Poetry Out Loud competition at the San Diego Central Library downtown, where 12 students recited poems in two rounds.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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But being ready for school involves a lot more than a child’s ability to count or recite their ABCs.—
Makiya Seminera,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Dissert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissert. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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