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Recent Examples of donnish
Much of it is donnish intellectual history, full of interesting but digressive discussions.
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Jeffrey Collins, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2018
Jeffrey Collins, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for donnish
Adjective
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Paul Bledsoe is a professorial lecturer at American University's Center for Environmental Policy.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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Nicolas Cage went for a high-concept ghoul in Longlegs; Hugh Grant reveled in professorial malevolence in Heretic; Naomi Scott unraveled in the face of grinning death in Smile 2.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In that same pedagogical spirit, your moment to shine on Super Bowl Sunday can be explaining who Charli XCX is to the straightest brother-in-law in your vicinity.—
Samantha Allen,
Them,
30 Jan. 2025
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What are the cultural, economic, and political currents that led us here? Series Reading lists, discussion guides, syllabi, pedagogical essays, and other free teaching resources for higher ed and secondary school faculty.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The story is about a bookish Black girl, in love with English literature (and the emotionally indecipherable white professor teaching it) at a predominantly white university in 1949, losing her childhood illusions — and then, in a gothic twist, losing much more.—
Scott Brown,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2022
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Bryce Young is bookish, too.—
Joseph Goodman | jgoodman@al.com,
al,
9 Dec. 2022
Adjective
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As men's wear grew less formal, Woody Allen would stake a claim on baggy khaki and corduroy as the uniform of a tweedy, tightly wound New Yorker.—
Joshua Hunt,
New York Times,
12 June 2024
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Her clothes, increasingly, have a pragmatic femininity, like a number of tweedy bellbottom suits that opened the show, some with vests of blue and coral beads covering the front, or diamond patterns of turquoise and plum sequins on the sleeves.—
Rachel Tashjian,
Harper's BAZAAR,
8 Dec. 2022
Adjective
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Golden Triangle administers the scholarships in cooperation with Mount Dora Community Trust. Award considerations include scholastic ability, responsibility toward education, financial need and includes a special emphasis on community service.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2025
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Available to high school seniors who reside in Elgin or South Elgin, the scholarships will be awarded are based on the applicant’s scholastic achievement, interest in continuing education and career goals, and participation and leadership in school and community activities.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Donnish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/donnish. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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