neoconservative 1 of 2

neoconservative

2 of 2

noun

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of neoconservative
Noun
Given how damaging the neoconservatives were to the well-being and security of the American people, this is a very positive development. Connor Okeeffe, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024 Since the seventies, Commentary had been the house organ of disgruntled neoconservatives; by the nineties, left-leaning Democrats who were stalwart on Israel found a haven at The New Republic. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024 The party’s Senate leadership, for instance, is dominated by neoconservatives. Andrew Byers, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2024 The party’s traditional establishment is made up of neoconservatives and primacists who want the United States to exercise its power around the world and use its military capabilities to achieve many ends. Andrew Byers, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for neoconservative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neoconservative
Noun
  • Last week, while visiting the Middle East, President Trump delivered an important speech refuting the neocon crusade that has dominated American foreign policy thinking since 9/11.
    Ron Paul, Oc Register, 20 May 2025
  • Mamet’s disfavor arguably has less to do with his hard-right turn into neocon bloviation than the calcification of much of his more recent writing.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Since then, McCarthy has had to tread somewhat lightly between the ultraright caucus and the rest of his party.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Because Jesuits often sided with El Salvador’s poor and some kept records of human rights violations, they were hated by the country’s ultraright.
    New York Times, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2021
Adjective
  • Macgregor, a staunch anti-interventionist, advocates for dropping Russian sanctions completely rather than imposing more, and argues the U.S. national strategic interests do not conflict with Russia’s.
    Emily Brooks, The Hill, 28 May 2025
  • Makary, who was sworn in to lead the FDA on April 1, is a controversial Johns Hopkins University surgeon and researcher who gained national attention as a staunch critic of the federal response to COVID.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
Adjective
  • The friends not keen on competing become our valiant team of producers — recording content and posting updates live for our loyal Instagram fanbase (almost 200 followers).
    Mia Venkat, NPR, 31 May 2025
  • His close friends and colleagues often described him as loyal, deeply thoughtful, and warm in his own way—just not overly expressive.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
Adjective
  • Alternatively, seersucker remains a steadfast warm-weather favorite—especially for those who appreciate a touch of New England preppiness.
    Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • The single combines the guitarist’s weighted influence with the música mexicana group’s steadfast ambition.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • Director Simón Mesa Soto shares in that fervor, mining his main character for pathos, not ridicule, framing Oscar as a true-blue romantic — a kind of holy fool susceptible to even the most obvious of scams but only because this staunch aesthete has devoted all of his attention to verse.
    Ben Croll, IndieWire, 19 May 2025
  • Even in true-blue Manhattan, Columbus Circle still has its 76-foot tall namesake at its center, a monument developed in response to the violent lynchings of Italian-American immigrants.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But being faithful to existing customers is one of her most important obligations.
    Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Normally the complaint with an adaptation is that the show or film's creators are ruining the story somehow by being insufficiently faithful to the source material and losing something in the process.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2025
Adjective
  • By statute, three quarters of that money is devoted to television, one quarter to radio.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 27 May 2025
  • Newsletter Get our high school sports newsletter Prep Rally is devoted to the SoCal high school sports experience, bringing you scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Neoconservative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neoconservative. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on neoconservative

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!