so-called
Example Sentences
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Earlier this year, Carr announced that decades-old exemptions from the so-called “equal time rule” for news programs, including “The View,” were no longer valid.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Since then AI development has continued, with firms claiming the tech has vastly improved in ability and accuracy, but so-called "hallucinations" persist.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Yang has long supported a so-called universal basic income.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Certain nutrients and so-called superfoods were never meant to be heavily prioritized at the expense of other beneficial ingredients.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
But it was the Coast Guard that was best primed to detect so-called clandestine communication, or spy talk.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Vocabulary lists containing so-called
Booked
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The Losers Club
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We Are Displaced
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