pundit

noun

ˈpən-dət How to pronounce pundit (audio)
Definition of punditnext
1
as in scholar
a person of deep wisdom or learning a moral question that has puzzled the pundits throughout the ages

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2
as in reviewer
a person who makes or expresses a judgment on the quality of offerings in some field of endeavor the new mini laptop has gotten a thumbs-up from industry pundits

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Recent Examples of pundit Getty Images Now that the FIFA World Cup is into the knock-out stages, the pressure — as the pundits like to say — is really on. — Roger Trapp, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Weiser, in his pre-election pep speech to volunteers Monday, acknowledged head-on that many pundits and political observers said Bennet had the race in the bag from the moment the three-term senator decided to head home. — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 30 June 2026 Some fanciful pundits in those pie-in-the-sky stories of 1976 predicted that, by 2026, local property taxes in Florida would no longer exist. — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2026 Kansas City Democrat Hartzell Gray emphasized his Democratic Socialist policy platform in a wide-ranging interview with controversial pundit Hasan Piker on Sunday. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for pundit
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  1. scholar
  2. reviewer
  3. critic
Noun
  • For a quarter century, Jane Calvert has been on a mission shared by few scholars of the Revolutionary War era.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Debate over the World War I-era killings, widely seen by scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century, now collides with international accusations over Israel’s conduct in Gaza.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of scholar
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  • The scheme that is easiest to adopt, hardest to lock a customer into and clearest to a security reviewer tends to become the default.
    — Teodor Calin, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • There’s no reason to think, for example, that decisions made by political appointees based on vague standards would be any more transparent than those made by peer reviewers based on scientific merit.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Definition of reviewer
Noun
  • Early reactions dropped Monday, and while these are always to be taken with a grain of salt, the superlatives are flying from the keyboards of fanboys and film critics alike.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 6 July 2026
  • Yang was investigated as part of President Xi Jinping ’s decade-long anti-corruption campaign that critics say has been used partly to remove his political rivals.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
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