adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a so-called expert (= someone who says they are an expert, but who you do not respect very much )
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There are many so-called experts willing to tell you how to bring up your children.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A lot has been written in recent years about the so-called "male menopause".
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He was one of the defendants in the so-called Conspiracy Eight trial.
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I went to see the playwright's so-called masterpiece and was very disappointed by it.
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Maggie's so-called apartment consisted of one small room with a closet-sized bathroom.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But it may also have to do with the so-called sports that were on display.
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By bribery - all men are corruptible - and by removing permanently any so-called idealists who stand in our way.
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However, the so-called Street v Mountford test fails to cope with the demands placed upon it by its own social context.
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However, they may provide an explanation of the observed value of one very important quantity: the so-called cosmological constant.
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It was in 1886 that she could be seen in the evenings at the Elysees-Montmare as a so-called artist.
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No similar evidence exists in the past for the use of so-called brain science for benign purposes.
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The so-called hybrid bus is virtually silent and produces fewer exhaust fumes.