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Tory

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adjective

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Noun
  • By 2010, however, this relationship had inverted, with conservatives expressing the lowest levels of trust in science.
    Matt Motta, Scientific American, 10 July 2025
  • Nevada’s Experience: While the idea has support from both liberals and conservatives, the biggest existing attempt to do so, in Nevada, has so far created little affordable housing.
    Abe Streep, ProPublica, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • Since then, McCarthy has had to tread somewhat lightly between the ultraright caucus and the rest of his party.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Because Jesuits often sided with El Salvador’s poor and some kept records of human rights violations, they were hated by the country’s ultraright.
    New York Times, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2021
Adjective
  • He’s still got the voice, though a bit gravely, and a very loyal fan base.
    jsonline.com, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
  • As for the loyal opposition, Democrats are in bad odor with voters and even many of their own partisans after Joe Biden’s handlers gaslighted the public on the frailty and declining faculties of the octogenarian president.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
Adjective
  • Their starting pitching has remained staunch, and closer Carlos Estévez through Thursday was tied for the MLB lead in saves with 22.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2025
  • Still, even some staunch supporters of Netanyahu and Trump seemed a bit unnerved.
    Natalie Melzer, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • The fact that Washington lacks a true-blue pass-rusher makes a potential move for Watt even more of a necessity.
    Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
  • Director Simón Mesa Soto shares in that fervor, mining his main character for pathos, not ridicule, framing Oscar as a true-blue romantic — a kind of holy fool susceptible to even the most obvious of scams but only because this staunch aesthete has devoted all of his attention to verse.
    Ben Croll, IndieWire, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • But Rosary’s goals and its place in the community have remained steadfast, school leadership says.
    Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
  • Accessibility and Sustainability Environmental care is one of Bitter End’s most steadfast values.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
Adjective
  • The overall decor is faithful to the history of the house, which was built in 1880 by architect Pierre Kemp for textile industrialist Eugène Kerckhoff.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
  • The Hollywood outpost stays faithful to the original New York blueprint, with two sets nightly at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., table service throughout, and a booking philosophy that pairs legends with left-field collaborators.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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“Tory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Tory. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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