How to Use extremism in a Sentence
extremism
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Right-wing extremism is on the rise here and in Europe.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
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For more on the rise of anti-drag extremism, check out the latest episode of Meet the Press Reports.
—Isabelle Schmeler, NBC News, 8 May 2023
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And the growing threat of extremism in the U.S. military.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
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Today, the state has shown a clear stance against extremism.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 26 May 2024
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Such extremism made Democrats lose House seats in 2020.
—Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 26 Nov. 2020
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Scare voters with references to the extremism of the Right.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 May 2022
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In a landmark speech Oct. 2, Macron said the French state had had a role in allowing extremism to spread.
—NBC News, 29 Mar. 2021
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All of those messages fit within the rubric of extremism.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 6 Nov. 2020
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More news to know now Here's the new blueprint for fighting extremism.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
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This kind of extremism only serves to harm a child’s chances for success.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
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Behind the Plot: What does the plot reveal about the prevalence of right-wing extremism in Germany?
—Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
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For years, the flow of extremism went from Pakistan into Afghanistan.
—CBS News, 2 Dec. 2020
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There is agreement on the need to curb extremism and put a stop to the influence of foreign countries who send imams to France.
—Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2020
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The Marine Corps changes its rules on reporting extremism among the troops.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2024
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Shouldn’t Democrats have a counterweight against their own brand of extremism?
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
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Among Austin's first acts as defense chief was to order a review of extremism among troops.
—Rachel Looker, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2023
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There is also an urgent need to root out extremism in law enforcement and the armed forces.
—The Editors, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2021
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This is the embodiment of this, within his mix of ego and extremism.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2025
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This is the embodiment of this, within his mix of ego and extremism.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2025
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The podcast emerged from three years of their reporting on right-wing extremism.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2024
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Many of us who were raised in religious extremism don’t live in our bodies.
—Michelle Dowd, Time, 14 June 2023
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How did extremism move from the outer edge of our discourse to the very center of our politics?
—The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2022
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The result is one of the most concentrated sources of hate speech and right-wing extremism in the United States, Simi said.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2021
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In the past several years, the former East Germany has seen a resurgence of right-wing extremism.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
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But the biggest danger for everybody in the end is extremism.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
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Today Lysoe spends a lot of his time warning young people about the dangers of right-wing extremism.
—Mark Lewis, Star Tribune, 19 July 2021
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Today Lysoe spends a lot of his time warning young people about the dangers of right-wing extremism.
—Mark Lewis, ajc, 19 July 2021
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As of Wednesday, Grok was still reporting that extremism on the right results in more deaths.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
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What appears to be a harmless workout group may be a gateway to violent extremism, one pushup at a time.
—Art Jipson, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
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His rhetoric is provocative, but slippery enough to avoid outright extremism.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025
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