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or fogeyish
as in stodgy
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Proof that the world, even the old, stubborn, stodgy, white golf world, could change.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026 -
Against Palace last week, his 75th-minute introduction for Sesko helped speed up United’s movement down the right-hand side, unclogging a stodgy attack.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Memorably dowdy fashion notwithstanding, the juicy role — part Nurse Ratched, part Jack Torrance — launched Bates into the Hollywood ether following years of false starts.—
Darren Franich,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
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RoseMarie Terenzio, John’s hip and competent assistant, returns for a brief cameo, looking even more dowdy and ridiculous.—
Lisa DePaulo,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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Huntington, a lifelong Democrat, was accused of blimpish conservatism, jingoism or worse.—
Gary J. Bass,
New York Times,
29 June 2018
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Lockhart, a mathematician who taught first at Brown University and UC Santa Cruz and then for many years at Saint Ann’s, a progressive private school in Brooklyn, argues that the injury is due to our ossified K–12 mathematics curriculum.—
Dan Rockmore,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
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The collective dream was for a new, democratic structure that could replace Assad’s ossified legal regime.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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Those twenty-five years or so were the apex of Washington Consensus conservatism, of neoconservative interventions abroad and neoliberal economic policy at home.—
Suzanne Schneider,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Mar. 2026
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Bannon has used the term globalists to refer to Silicon Valley elites, media executives, neoconservative foreign-policy hawks, proponents of lightly regulated global markets, and Jared Kushner.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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While schedules are flexible, projects must be completed within a set timeframe — for instance, 15 hours within two weeks.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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One other advantage of being physically in the courtroom is the ability to pick up information during the less formal back-and-forth that often flows around a set hearing.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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The color palette changed so that the attire of the Cogsworth character — the Beast’s loyal majordomo who has been transformed into a clock — is now green rather than brown.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
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If New York City no longer loves TR, Medora has remained loyal.—
Beverly Gage,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2026
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Elaborate processions carrying life-sized statues of Jesus and Mary unfold worldwide, from Seville to Miami’s Wynwood, as faithful enact rituals spanning centuries.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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William Boon Redman's marker is under the watchful eye of one such faithful companion, but the model for the stone dog lying alongside Redman's grave is not buried beneath the canine monument.—
Jennie Key,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Fogyish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fogyish. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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