as in liberalism
a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom
the left wing has lost considerable influence in the party, which is now aggressively courting political moderates
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Recent Examples of left wing
The 17-year-old left wing, who is widely believed to be the front-runner to be selected first overall in the 2026 NHL Draft, is coming off a 129-point regular season with the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers.
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Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
This seems foolhardy and seems misguided, mainly because there is a perception among a handful of people that this is somehow a blue or a left wing thing when this is the place that for 32 years gave William F. Buckley a show.
—CBS News, 6 July 2025
Captain Reece James opened the scoring in the 64th minute with a brilliant free kick from the left wing — a low, curling strike that slipped inside the near post past Trubin, who left just enough of a window exposed.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2025
Notably, Mamdani made no effort to distance himself from the left wing of his party, which has struggled to repair its image in the wake of former Vice President Kamala Harris’s loss in November.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 25 June 2025
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Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
This seems foolhardy and seems misguided, mainly because there is a perception among a handful of people that this is somehow a blue or a left wing thing when this is the place that for 32 years gave William F. Buckley a show.
—CBS News, 6 July 2025
Captain Reece James opened the scoring in the 64th minute with a brilliant free kick from the left wing — a low, curling strike that slipped inside the near post past Trubin, who left just enough of a window exposed.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2025
Notably, Mamdani made no effort to distance himself from the left wing of his party, which has struggled to repair its image in the wake of former Vice President Kamala Harris’s loss in November.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 25 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for left wing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for left wing
Noun
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Christianity, the Marvel Universe, liberalism – these are memeplexes.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
7 July 2025
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The way forward is not to abandon liberalism, but to save it—from its worst excesses, its blind spots, and its tone-deaf elites.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Drivers could simply raise their right hand to signal a move to the left.—
Shekar Natarajan,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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About all there is to Lyra is the bright star Vega, and a small parallelogram of much fainter stars just below and to the left of Vega.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
13 July 2025
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“Left wing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/left%20wing. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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