pontification
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pontification
Example Sentences
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Fred Hiatt’s columns were must-reads for me: clear, analytical, fact-driven and free of pontification and hyperbolic language.
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2021
"Let me correct your pontification of why I called the president," Johnson told host Jake Tapper.
From Fox News • Nov. 10, 2019
Often, he’ll begin in the key of pontification, then slide into friendliness.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019
As per usual, these articles aren’t much fun if you dislike autocratic pontification or anything that might be interpreted as overt self-congratulation.
From Scientific American • May 28, 2018
Mr. Sharpe had not ceased in his pontification, though weaving unsteadily now in his deportment.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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