mumbo jumbo
Example Sentences
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“I was very disappointed to see that we sent you a formal legal document filled with legal mumbo jumbo as the next step,” he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Sometimes, the words of a court room amount to mumbo jumbo to the occasional visitor.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2023
Instead, they’re saying, ‘Oh, we’re not recommending testing—hand-wave gesture mumbo jumbo science. … Oh, but you can test if you want to.’
From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2022
The Fremen will move front and center in Part 2, and frankly there’s lots of weird mumbo jumbo to wade through in the coming chapters.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2021
Her first course of action was to march to the asylum and demand that her children be turned over to her without any official mumbo jumbo.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
