as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense the librarian told us a lot of hogwash about how you can go to jail for having overdue books
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Recent Examples of hogwash This is the sort of expert hogwash that Reiner, for a while, did better than anyone. —
Will Leitch, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025 How To Make Cheese Straws With Ease Cheese straws get a bad rap for being difficult to make, but that’s a load of hogwash. —Josh Miller, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025 Some are eager to make the comparison; others denounce it as hogwash and misappropriation. —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Josh Robbins: The notion there should be an asterisk next to the Lakers’ title is hogwash. —The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hogwash
Will Leitch, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025 How To Make Cheese Straws With Ease Cheese straws get a bad rap for being difficult to make, but that’s a load of hogwash. —Josh Miller, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025 Some are eager to make the comparison; others denounce it as hogwash and misappropriation. —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Josh Robbins: The notion there should be an asterisk next to the Lakers’ title is hogwash. —The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hogwash
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hogwash
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This is why all the whining and complaining from small market teams across the sport is manipulative nonsense.— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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Or from whatever this risibly self-serious metaphysical nonsense about performance and possession, creation and exorcism, aims to be.— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
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For example, the EV mandate would be imposed on a company like Waste Management which pays the local government a franchise fee for the exclusive right to provide garbage collection services to all the residents.— Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026
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But the temporary solution for many buildings is asking residents to fill in as volunteer cleaners, garbage schleppers, and greeters.— Anne Kadet, Curbed, 17 Apr. 2026
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According to registered dietitians, a mix of nuts, especially pistachios, and dried tart cherries is the healthiest late-night snack.— Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 19 Apr. 2026
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Many whole foods are naturally gluten-free, including fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds.— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
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Mulhouse Public Prosecutor Nicolas Heitz speaks to the press after a boy was discovered naked and malnourished on a pile of rubbish in a van where he had been kept locked up, in Hagenbach, eastern France, on April 10, 2026.— CBS News, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
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Stony rubbish, dead trees, the odd corpse in the garden—nothing that couldn’t be absorbed back into the earth.— Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
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Piccioli sent out a mishmash of styles from all over a fashion map that seems to have been drawn five or six years ago (oversize sneakers, faux couture gestures like capes and feathers and blah sportswear).— Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
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Selling was easy, even if the returns for McMann and Laughton in particular were kinda blah and the Leafs were unable to execute any major roster shakeup or take advantage of their ability to retain salary.— Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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If not for the stupidity of Joe Biden and the Democrats, ICE would have an easier job.— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
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Smart, skilled, hardworking people gracefully put up with all manner of tragedy, stupidity, and institutional rot.— Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
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Time to stop the silliness with the opener and start him.— Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
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Levy and Taylor Ortega play disorganized siblings who get thrust into the world of organized crime, a departure from the world of Schitt’s Creek, but still maintains the silliness and fun of a Dan Levy show.— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026
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