mumbo jumbo
Example Sentences
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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
A growing field of study known broadly as ecopsychology suggests that the health benefits of time outdoors are more than just New Age mumbo jumbo.
From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 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
Hootie is the chairman of the National and the obvious person to see about the membership and the mumbo jumbo.
From Golf Digest • Apr. 9, 2020
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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.