pabulum
Example Sentences
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Hidden Valley Renaissance is the ranch dressing of Italian Revival architecture — mostly pabulum, sort of has taste, taken for granted and consumed accordingly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2022
The Peabody Awards praised it for “offering the perfect counter to the enduring prevalence of toxic masculinity,” and the show’s Twitter account, which spouted pabulum about the decency of the human spirit, became extremely popular.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
A dozen years later, Epstein describes himself as “allergic” to business school slang, to the kind of pabulum espoused in leadership books.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2016
In the recently released update for its efficiency study of the Iowa regent system, Deloitte Consulting managed to dish out a softer stew of pabulum than we expected - and we already expected mush.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 16, 2014
But the provisional rulers took care that those under their guardianship should have stronger pabulum than spoon-meat.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus