sinecure
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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
Global financial stability is worth a lot more than a sinecure.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2019
Toward the end of our interview, I asked Johnson why he left National Economic Research Associates, where he had a sinecure and where a good future awaited him.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2016
He hopes he will do well enough to earn a government job with the police or railways, which reserve slots for successful wrestlers — a sinecure better than uncertain farm life.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2016
But since the then Master of the Mint effectively treated his own post as a sinecure, Newton had a chance to get his hands on the levers of power.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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