Examples of extremism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Everything—socialist economic policy, woke cultural extremism. — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 12 May 2022 Any previous extremism in those ranks traced back to the fact that the Azov Battalion had been a volunteer organization years ago, but much has changed since then, the Ukrainian president said. — Fox News, 9 May 2022 The extremism of the draft has given rise to theories about who leaked it and why—to prevent further edits or to force them? — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 8 May 2022 The idea that psychiatric disorders influence extremism is hotly contested. — Meleah Lyden, Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2022 Such is writer Dustin Lance Black’s transporting examination of his former faith and its intersection with extremism, based on the book by Jon Krakauer. — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2022 Rusty Hills, the former chair of the Michigan Republican Party, argued that extremism is a losing strategy. — Richard Galant, CNN, 1 May 2022 There was also repression against Sufis during that era, as the influence of hard-line Sunni extremism became stronger under Taliban rule. — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2022 Donovan, who is an expert in online extremism, media manipulation and disinformation campaigns, said that Musk has posted transphobic content in the past. — NBC News, 29 Apr. 2022 See More

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