sinecure

Example Sentences

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And had Sasse wanted a think tank sinecure or some corporate board seats, no one would have protested.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2022

The book was revised at Lake Geneva’s Montreux Palace, where Vladimir and Véra lived after Lolita’s success provided a comfortable sinecure.

From The Guardian • Sep. 13, 2020

As has been noted widely on Twitter, you’d think that would be enough to ensure your kids admission to top colleges the old-fashioned way: with a sinecure.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2019

If that sounds like an executive role, an honorary sinecure, it is not.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2019

But she would: The job was a bit of a sinecure after all; he would not have been offered it in the first place if the editor were not an old friend of hers.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie