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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leftist
Adjective
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The ice cream company is known for supporting liberal causes and candidates.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
16 May 2025 -
Some liberal critics on social media say that Republicans did not seem to take issue when the same slogan — or even more violent rhetoric — was targeted at a Democratic president.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Max Fried will give them a great shot at that, as the lefty is 6-0 with a 1.29 ERA this season.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
24 May 2025
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And at-bats against lefties were far and few between before, and so now to get some at-bats against them and compete to be an everyday guy, that’s a good feeling.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Influencers are more reactionary by nature, so we are focused on inviting key journalists.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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And so, amid the noise and smoke of the culture wars, Cobb’s quaintly reactionary act intersected with vituperative Trumpian revanchism, and Cobb became a conservative TV personality.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Noun
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One was a novelist, another a proud fascist, another a communist, and another was inexplicably in love with Adolf Hitler, to name a few.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
19 May 2025
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Taiwan's government, officially the Republic of China, fled to the island after losing the Chinese civil war to Mao's communists in 1949.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Five years after Floyd’s killing, police backers say public opinion has largely swung back in favor of aggressive law enforcement, pointing to voter decisions last year to pass tough-on-crime legislation and oust progressive prosecutors.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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What To Know In a post on X, formerly Twitter, progressive political action committee VoteVets criticized the Trump administration for the cutbacks, as well as the president's senior advisor and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) frontman Elon Musk.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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Democrats have taken to using the f-word more and are looking for leadership, once again, in an 83-year-old socialist, Bernie Sanders, joined this time by a 35-year-old socialist sidekick, in the person of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.—
The Editors,
National Review,
29 Apr. 2025
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That was demonstrated on the night before Newsom’s announcement when Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — two East Coast democratic socialists — attracted nearly 30,000 people at an anti-Trump rally in a Republican congressional district near Sacramento.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The blog post that Trump showed Ramaphosa during the White House meeting was published by American Thinker, a conservative online magazine, about conflict and racial tensions in South Africa and Congo.—
Stephanie Burnett,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Prior to Donald Trump’s reelection, however, Republican governors had signed a letter opposing the treaty, echoing a conservative think tank’s concerns about U.S. sovereignty.—
Nicole Hassoun,
The Conversation,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The brand-new Palm House Hotel, located a block from the beach on Royal Palm Way—a stretch with no other hotels—has a totally fresh and modern feel and is drenched in a rosy-salmon shade of pink from the exterior to the pool deck to guestroom carpets and headboards.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
1 June 2025
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Just as things are heating up, Miami’s sea of pink will slowly recede — at least for now.—
Kaitlyn Pohly,
Miami Herald,
1 June 2025
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“Leftist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leftist. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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