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Recent Examples of pedantry
This is not a matter of politics, punditry, or pedantry.
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Mark A. Cohen, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
There are some downsides besides pedantry about historical accuracy, too.
—Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
Save this pedantry for LeBrun’s mailbag.
—Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Her disbelief at bureacratic pedantry reaches a fever pitch as her desperation increases, resulting in a scene reminiscent of Judy Hopps and Flash the Sloth at the DMV in Zootopia.
—Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
The inflated pedantry of his style, all those technical-sounding terms and incantatory clauses in the service of a simple idea, seems practically comic, but Kushner presents it earnestly, without a hint of irony.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
There are some downsides besides pedantry about historical accuracy, too.
—Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
Her disbelief at bureacratic pedantry reaches a fever pitch as her desperation increases, resulting in a scene reminiscent of Judy Hopps and Flash the Sloth at the DMV in Zootopia.
—Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
Even within watch-collecting circles, the fandom expressed by devotees of Omega’s Speedmaster chronograph sets a high bar for both passion and pedantry.
—Chris Hall, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
Mark A. Cohen, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
There are some downsides besides pedantry about historical accuracy, too.
—Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
Save this pedantry for LeBrun’s mailbag.
—Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Her disbelief at bureacratic pedantry reaches a fever pitch as her desperation increases, resulting in a scene reminiscent of Judy Hopps and Flash the Sloth at the DMV in Zootopia.
—Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
The inflated pedantry of his style, all those technical-sounding terms and incantatory clauses in the service of a simple idea, seems practically comic, but Kushner presents it earnestly, without a hint of irony.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
There are some downsides besides pedantry about historical accuracy, too.
—Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
Her disbelief at bureacratic pedantry reaches a fever pitch as her desperation increases, resulting in a scene reminiscent of Judy Hopps and Flash the Sloth at the DMV in Zootopia.
—Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
Even within watch-collecting circles, the fandom expressed by devotees of Omega’s Speedmaster chronograph sets a high bar for both passion and pedantry.
—Chris Hall, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedantry
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The acceleration in the CPI reading is bad news for U.S. President Donald Trump, who is pushing for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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The 10-year Treasury yield edged lower on Tuesday after the core reading of June’s consumer price index came in around where economists expected.—
Alex Harring,Pia Singh,Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
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“Pedantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedantry. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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