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Recent Examples of armchair
January 1 Kick off the New Year with an armchair trip to Austria, where the Vienna Philharmonic will present its annual New Year’s Day concert in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein for the first time without an audience.
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Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Jan. 2021
The New York Times picked up the story and put it on the front page – an indication of how armchair analysis could be as telling as dispatches from the ground.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
Marsha Music has started calling herself an armchair revolutionary.
—Nancy Kaffer, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2020
With billions of people grounded because of the coronavirus pandemic, armchair travel has never been more important, especially for parents hoping to capture their kids’ attention and imagination.
—Sarah Firshein, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2020
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Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Jan. 2021
The New York Times picked up the story and put it on the front page – an indication of how armchair analysis could be as telling as dispatches from the ground.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
Marsha Music has started calling herself an armchair revolutionary.
—Nancy Kaffer, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2020
With billions of people grounded because of the coronavirus pandemic, armchair travel has never been more important, especially for parents hoping to capture their kids’ attention and imagination.
—Sarah Firshein, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for armchair
Adjective
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This transition from theoretical to practical confrontation is all but debilitating, as the grieving father reaches the limits of his empathy.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
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These regulations and safety measures are not just theoretical.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Being so much loved is going to help you much more in life than academic success alone.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Drug companies at the time approached these treatments with more skepticism, waiting longer to invest and letting universities and academic hospitals do the heavy lifting, said Ameet Sarpatwari, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School who studies the pharmaceutical industry.—
Robin Fields,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The costs of an aging and diminished society feel more abstract.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Justice, in this context, is not merely an abstract ideal.—
Gyunduz Mamedov,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Armchair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armchair. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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