obiter dictum

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obiter dictum
Noun
  • An analysis by The Tennessean found the statistics were taken nearly verbatim from a post on a book review website that allows users to report and catalog books considered to be explicit for children.
    Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 14 July 2025
  • Ninety-one of the 100 school districts that receive the most money from four frozen grant programs are in Republican congressional districts, according to an analysis from New America, a left-leaning think tank.
    Bianca Vázquez Toness, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • As an aside, what few parties have tried is building a hyper-local newsroom on a shoestring budget, tying it to a mobile phone app, and charging subscribers very low prices for getting all the tea about what’s happening in their neighborhoods.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
  • Wolodarsky’s voice has such a wallflower quality to it, apt for Kylie, whose asides are barely acknowledged half the time.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • And then there was all sorts of commentary on how the provision might be gamed.
    Peter J Reilly, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
  • Maximalist and mesmerizing, the record unfolds like live commentary for a bustling metropolis — ah, look at all the lonely people!
    Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 13 July 2025
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