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as in scholar
a person of deep wisdom or learning
a moral question that has puzzled the pundits throughout the ages
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as in reviewer
a person who makes or expresses a judgment on the quality of offerings in some field of endeavor
the new mini laptop has gotten a thumbs-up from industry pundits
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Recent Examples of pundit
As for the Ball and Bridges trades, the early grades have been positive for the Hornets from most national pundits.
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Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
30 June 2026
Weiser, in his pre-election pep speech to volunteers Monday, acknowledged head-on that many pundits and political observers said Bennet had the race in the bag from the moment the three-term senator decided to head home.
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Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
30 June 2026
Legal realism extends beyond the idea that a judge’s political ideology might influence outcomes, which is today a common basis for pundits to explain court decisions.
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Elizabeth C. Tippett,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
Kansas City Democrat Hartzell Gray emphasized his Democratic Socialist policy platform in a wide-ranging interview with controversial pundit Hasan Piker on Sunday.
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Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
29 June 2026
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Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
30 June 2026
Weiser, in his pre-election pep speech to volunteers Monday, acknowledged head-on that many pundits and political observers said Bennet had the race in the bag from the moment the three-term senator decided to head home.
—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
30 June 2026
Legal realism extends beyond the idea that a judge’s political ideology might influence outcomes, which is today a common basis for pundits to explain court decisions.
—
Elizabeth C. Tippett,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
Kansas City Democrat Hartzell Gray emphasized his Democratic Socialist policy platform in a wide-ranging interview with controversial pundit Hasan Piker on Sunday.
—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
29 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pundit
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For a quarter century, Jane Calvert has been on a mission shared by few scholars of the Revolutionary War era.
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Debate over the World War I-era killings, widely seen by scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century, now collides with international accusations over Israel’s conduct in Gaza.
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The scheme that is easiest to adopt, hardest to lock a customer into and clearest to a security reviewer tends to become the default.
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There’s no reason to think, for example, that decisions made by political appointees based on vague standards would be any more transparent than those made by peer reviewers based on scientific merit.
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The House passed a bipartisan package of children’s online safety bills in a 267-117 vote Monday, advancing legislation that supporters say would better protect children online but critics warn could threaten privacy and free expression.
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Guo Wengui, who fled China a decade ago and reinvented himself as a US -based Communist Party critic, was sentenced in a Manhattan courtroom packed with his supporters by Judge Analisa Torres.
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“Pundit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pundit. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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