obiter dicta

Definition of obiter dictanext
plural of obiter dictum

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Noun
  • The first bucket covers activities AI already does today, like generating code, running quick analyses, or writing a first draft to inspire someone else’s writing.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The current exhibition at MAF highlights how his cinematic works functioned as experimental analyses of 20th-century America, exploring themes of consumerism, authoritarianism, and the existential threat of nuclear war.
    Robert Lang, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In wide-ranging remarks, Powell acknowledged young graduates were entering a challenging job market.
    Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Zelenskyy’s remarks come as Ukraine deepens its role in the region, sharing intelligence and defense expertise with Middle Eastern partners facing Iranian missile and drone strikes.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • While Bright Lights is a clinically sound and narratively solid depiction of a sickness, this movie adaptation lacks the novel’s deliciously acerbic descriptions of New York’s sick social scene as well as its protagonist’s self-aware commentaries.
    Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
  • These Jones pieces and several others are accompanied by audio commentaries on which animation historians Michael Barrier, Greg Ford, and Eric Goldberg provide valuable context.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Beyond conversion, AcePDF offers editing tools such as merging and splitting PDFs, compressing large files, extracting images, adding annotations, and creating interactive forms.
    StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The prose poem is written as annotations to a diagram of a handgun.
    Krys Malcolm Belc, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • February 19 – March 20 Certain feelings presently require action to be fully realized.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Those complex feelings were among the findings of the largest study of artificial intelligence in higher education to date, which polled 94,000 students, faculty and staff across 22 CSU campuses from San Diego to Arcata.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
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“Obiter dicta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obiter%20dicta. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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