hard-line
adjective
: advocating or involving a rigidly uncompromising course of action
a hard-line policy
Examples of hard-line in a Sentence
a hard-line approach to the sentencing of repeat offenders
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After last week’s hard-line family-resemblance death panel overseen by Bobchelle Visage, this is entirely too subjective and wishy-washy.
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2026
That figure could be Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the hard-line speaker of parliament who has deep ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the most powerful military, political and economic force in the country.
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Iran’s government, now more hard-line and militarized than ever, will remain in power.
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2026
That figure could be Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the hard-line speaker of parliament who has deep ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the most powerful military, political and economic force in the country.
—Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
Iran’s government, now more hard-line and militarized than ever, will remain in power.
—Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026
Iranians of diverse religious faiths mark Nowruz even though the hard-line Iranian regime has at times discouraged festivities.
—Amy Taxin, Arkansas Online, 20 Mar. 2026
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“Hard-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-line. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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