performative
Example Sentences
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There were no performative photo-ops with politicians or any ride-alongs with police.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026
Editors are doing their jobs again, protecting the public by allowing less performative intellectual laziness in their pages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Not even doing the performative card-reach for the food is bold.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Ed gets swept up in her performative antics and elusive, larger-than-life allure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 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
