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That online comment was characteristic of the usual sanctimonious pablum, the kind of casual moral high ground afforded only to a native English speaker or to someone willfully ignorant of the daily indignities non-native speakers face.
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Sheon Han, Wired News, 27 Oct. 2025
At the time, his comments were widely dismissed in both U.S. and European policy circles as either populist pablum or unnecessarily provocative.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
When any Democratic politician, including Gov. JB Pritzker, dares to stand up to extreme Republican rhetoric with any language beyond polite pablum and pious platitudes, pundits tell Democrats to lower the volume, cut the contempt and be nice.
—Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The largely receptive crowd often cheered at the scattershot injection of issues from the price of eggs to transgender rights, a microcosm of an era when even the pablum of a graduation speech cannot escape the politics of the moment.
—Erica L. Green, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Sheon Han, Wired News, 27 Oct. 2025
At the time, his comments were widely dismissed in both U.S. and European policy circles as either populist pablum or unnecessarily provocative.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
When any Democratic politician, including Gov. JB Pritzker, dares to stand up to extreme Republican rhetoric with any language beyond polite pablum and pious platitudes, pundits tell Democrats to lower the volume, cut the contempt and be nice.
—Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The largely receptive crowd often cheered at the scattershot injection of issues from the price of eggs to transgender rights, a microcosm of an era when even the pablum of a graduation speech cannot escape the politics of the moment.
—Erica L. Green, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pablum
candy
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Mothers enjoy experiences as much as flowers and candy, so think about bringing yours to one of the events mentioned in this column.—
Janet Kusterer,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Apr. 2026
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And lo and behold, there will be the candy.—
Mo Rocca,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Pablum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pablum. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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