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as in archconservative

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noun (2)

as in stuffed shirt

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Recent Examples of Bourbon
Noun
Canada is dropping its retaliatory tariffs on a set of American products that includes distilled spirits, according to media reports, marking a positive step forward for Kentucky's marquee bourbon industry, industry leaders said. — Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Aug. 2025 Expect cozy notes of bourbon vanilla, vanilla Madagascar, amyris, and cocoa shell, plus a superfine champagne sparkle that gives skin a radiant gleam. — Annie Blackman, Allure, 15 Aug. 2025
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That's made guided transportation increasingly popular with visitors who want to sample bourbon without worrying about driving afterward. — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026 Fly by Night’s signature cocktails include the Godfather Part II that includes two types of Scotch, Fernet Branca and cherry wood smoke, and the Nite Lite with bourbon, fruit and vanilla flavors. — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for Bourbon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Bourbon
  1. archconservative
  2. square
  3. traditionalist
  4. Colonel Blimp
  5. neocon
  6. neoconservative
  7. paleoconservative
Noun
  • Those two issues, in particular, women’s empowerment and agrarian reform, went over like a lead balloon with the archconservatives of the country, especially religious.
    — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
  • Rachmaninoff has gone from being widely viewed as a musical archconservative to a protomodernist.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
Definition of archconservative
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  • Using a paring knife, mark a smaller square inside each pastry square, leaving a 1/2 inch border (do not cut all the way through the dough).
    — Torie Cox, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026
  • However, its square to Neptune could result in vague promises and glamorous plans with no follow-through.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of square
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  • For traditionalists, there’s plenty to choose from, but the specials are surely worth the detour.
    — Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • After that dispiriting loss in Bosnia, traditionalists opened up to the radical, counter-cultural Guardiola option.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Definition of traditionalist
Noun
  • In Zac’s report, Schoonmaker addressed Powell’s legendary filmmaking partnership with Emeric Pressburger, which spawned films such as The Red Shoes, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and Black Narcissus.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025
Definition of Colonel Blimp
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  • This faith caused the neocons to recoil in from the Obama administration’s 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • Moreover, during the Iraq war, the Jewish community could effectively argue that framing the conflict as a Jewish neocon conspiracy was baseless, even as some neoconservatives influenced policy.
    — Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of neocon
Noun
  • Senor and Stephens are neoconservatives who hardly needed to be convinced that the members of progressive movements were not friends of the Jewish people.
    — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Moreover, during the Iraq war, the Jewish community could effectively argue that framing the conflict as a Jewish neocon conspiracy was baseless, even as some neoconservatives influenced policy.
    — Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of neoconservative
Noun
  • In his final act of excommunication, Buckley took a stand against the paleoconservative Pat Buchanan in 1991 for expressing opposition to the Persian Gulf war in terms that were both incendiary and undeniably anti-Semitic.
    — DAMON LINKER, New York Times, 8 May 2017
Definition of paleoconservative

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“Bourbon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Bourbon. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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