: advocating or involving a rigidly uncompromising course of action
hard-liner noun

Examples of hard-line in a Sentence

a hard-line approach to the sentencing of repeat offenders
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His administration's hard-line agenda and ICE's aggressive approach have sparked concern among immigrant communities. Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025 As the face of Amazon, Jeff Bezos may be a welcome billionaire alternative to Musk on the international scene given Musk’s increasingly hard-line politics and participation in the current Trump administration. Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025 Scaling back enforcement As the federal government tries to undo the past four years of the Biden administration’s hard-line policies, some skepticism remains over whether the administration could go too far in its scaling back of enforcement. Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 29 Apr. 2025 Hamas favored an embrace of militant Islamic ideology and a hard-line approach to Israel, in contrast to the secular leftist, pragmatic approach of Fatah. Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hard-line

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hard-line was in 1903

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“Hard-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-line. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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