sendup
- a variation of send-up.
Example Sentences
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The character, played by Meryl Streep, was a thinly veiled sendup of legendary Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
I did enjoy the Broadway-musical-style TV commercial hooked to the Beauty’s launch, which is a sendup of that once-inescapable Jardiance ad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
As Charles Foster Kane, a sendup of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, Welles embodied the image of a vainglorious Great Man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
This week, I finally watched the 1991 movie “L.A. Story,” a fanciful romantic comedy that more than anything else is a loving sendup of Los Angeles.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
“No Regrets” is not an indictment of “the Doctor,” the thinly veiled Musk sendup.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2023
