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Recent Examples of hogwash But that's hogwash, experts say. Kelly Dinardo, Health.com, 5 Jan. 2022 Film music historians agree that this is hogwash. Adrian Daub, Longreads, 3 Sep. 2021 Which is pure hogwash. Star Tribune, 30 Nov. 2020 The latter hogwash led to a deeply disappointing number of online videos of people sticking metal objects to themselves. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for hogwash 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hogwash
Noun
  • All Trump has really done for them is shout nonsense about water.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Contorting morality and diversity to justify a stifling enhancement ordinance is woke nonsense.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The plummeting property values bled Gary of tax revenue for roads, schools, street lights, firefighters, garbage pickup.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Over five hours, the group trimmed foliage, picked up trash and stuffed everything into a roll-off garbage bin provided by the city of San Diego.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The property also grows its own herbs, greens, nuts, berries, and edible flowers.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Focus on whole foods like fruits, leafy green vegetables, fatty fish, nuts, and seeds.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • View 6 Images Unlike cats, our vision is pretty rubbish in very low light conditions.
    Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2025
  • On the evening of January 14, a woman was arrested after allegedly setting multiple piles of rubbish and trash on fire, Jim McDonnell, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, said at a news conference last week.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The post-election blahs are endemic across the big three cable news outlets, but the viewership numbers of individual networks can drop farther when the candidate seen as their ideological opposite wins.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Lighting Lighting is the jewelry of any room, so take down those blah builder grade fixtures and replace them with something magical.
    Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • League sources stifle their snickers in public while privately marveling at the owner’s ceaseless stupidity. 3.
    Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Trump’s remarks are reckless stupidity beyond belief.
    Thomas Friedman, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Nate Burleson to haters of NFL's promo clip featuring Taylor Swift: 'Wipe the drool off your tank top' Burleson didn't hold back while addressing the critics who decried seeing Swift in an NFL hype video.
    Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The quick clip shows an angry and feral Xenomorph with dark sharp teeth and lips dripping with drool.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024

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“Hogwash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogwash. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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