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Adjective
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Rest assured, the play makes liberal use of the Netflix show’s signature electro-ethereal theme music.—
Sarah Bahr,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025 -
The Supreme Court declined to lift the lower court’s order, with Barrett and another conservative, Chief Justice John Roberts, joining the three liberal justices: Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sotomayor.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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Righties were 5-for-15 in the game off Hart and lefties were 0-for-3. Shortstop Dansby Swanson (1-for-1, RBI) is the only Cub with big-league history with Hart.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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Catcher Tyler Heineman took a leadoff double off Peterson before the lefty retired the Nos. 9 and 1 hitters.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Empathy Without Discernment: The tendency to immediately rally behind someone who claims harm or makes an accusation without critically assessing the validity of the claim, leading to reactionary and sometimes unjust outcomes.—
Aparna Rae,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Emotional decision-making disrupts this discipline and can initiate a cycle of reactionary behavior: selling during downturns, reentering during rallies, and repeating the process whenever volatility arises.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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In the 1950s, the FBI under Director J. Edgar Hoover created the counter-intelligence programs COINTELPRO, allegedly for investigating communists and radical political groups, and the Ghetto Informant Program.—
Brittany Friedman,
The Conversation,
21 Feb. 2025
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Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government persecuted people accused of being communists.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Alon-Lee Green, the founding co-director of Standing Together, a progressive grassroots movement, told CNN that young people aren’t at fault for the extremist attitudes that are dividing wider Israeli society.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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California voters further reversed progressive policies by passing Proposition 36, which enhances penalties for theft and drug offenses.—
Carson Becker,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2025
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Consider their ratings of Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with the Democratic Party but describes himself as a democratic socialist.—
David Campbell,
The Conversation,
1 Apr. 2025
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Apparently, feedback from the meeting with the socialists was positive.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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Invariably, these committees are composed of the most politically active party members; the most conservative Republican apparatchiks and most progressive Democrats, creating committees composed of unrepresentative slices of an unrepresentative slice of the electorate.—
Bob Marshall,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2025
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Who Is Laura Loomer? Loomer, a conservative activist originally from Arizona, first shot to public attention in June 2017.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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On top of that, sunny orange-yellow flowers complement the brilliant pinks and purples of zinnia blooms beautifully, and these two plants are often used together in bouquets or cottage garden designs.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Apr. 2025
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While spring typically calls for bright corals, pinks, and poppy shades, Burton is seeing a move toward more muted tones like neutrals, browns, and plums — even as the weather warms up.—
Jazzria Harris,
Refinery29,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Leftist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leftist. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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