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Recent Examples of populist
The world’s richest man also used the R-word to insult the intelligence of Navarro, an economic populist who is one of the most outspoken advocates for higher import taxes designed to protect American manufacturing.
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Ansell said European populists may be learning the wrong lessons from Trump’s victory.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
This idea that tech-forward people and the populists are somehow inevitably going to come to a loggerheads is wrong.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025
When mainstream politicians attack conservative populists, the latter can easily shrug off any criticism as the revenge of elites.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Ansell said European populists may be learning the wrong lessons from Trump’s victory.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
This idea that tech-forward people and the populists are somehow inevitably going to come to a loggerheads is wrong.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025
When mainstream politicians attack conservative populists, the latter can easily shrug off any criticism as the revenge of elites.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for populist
socialist
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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
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“Populist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/populist. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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