performative
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Kolek joked he was "gonna get some hate from the Swifties" and noted "she's got a lot going on so she can't come all the time... it's a little performative".
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
But underneath what seems promising, the beginnings of empathy and maybe healing, there’s something performative and calculated in this fast bond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
You may not like it, but this was like something from the peak era of performative millennial corporate synergy.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Refusing to tear my clothes and smear ashes on my face in performative mourning for a white man that espoused violence is … not the same as violence,” Attiah said in another post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
I could see now that there was a performative piece to politics that I hadn’t yet fully mastered.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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