accommodationist

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Recent Examples of accommodationist Bob Michel, the longtime accommodationist who treated Democratic House majorities as an unalterable fact of life, faded away, and the pugilistic Newt Gingrich ascended. Ed Burmila, The New Republic, 15 June 2022 Many African American activists had broken with King, advocating Black Power rather than racial reconciliation, abandoning nonviolence, and denouncing King as an accommodationist. Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 18 July 2019 Ava DuVernay is Hollywood’s current reigning accommodationist. Armond White, National Review, 10 July 2019 To Douthat Francis is an accommodationist, and decline has reached the apex of the church. Paul Elie, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accommodationist
Noun
  • But Stratton, a progressive, has some serious opposition.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Only one in four of his progressive carries this season has been a cut inside.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Hutson, 35, is a frequent collaborator of Phoebe Bridgers' and has accompanied her and her now-defunct supergroup boygenius on tour.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The project, which is penned by his long-term collaborator Kata Weber, stars Adams with a supporting cast including Murray Bartlett, Chloe East, Brett Goldstein, Dan Levy, Redding Munsell, Jenny Slate and Rainn Wilson.
    Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In episode 9, the duo was hard at work picking whom to murder and throwing off the faithfuls from discovering their traitor identities.
    Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The challenge gave the faithful a chance to identify the traitors with just a few rounds left.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • On Sunday, Earnhardt’s shadow will loom large over Stenhouse, his fellow 39 competitors and a sellout crowd.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Miami tied a school record for single-game home attendance with a sellout crowd of 10,640 at Millett Hall.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But the president's new FTC chair, Andrew Ferguson, is an outspoken Big Tech critic on X and is signaling the panel won't be stacked with pro-industry quislings.
    Marc Caputo, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Erdogan, meanwhile, lambasted Kilicdaroglu as a quisling who is in cahoots with the West and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a Kurdish separatist group that both Ankara and Washington consider a terrorist entity.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
Noun
  • The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 26 Jan. 2026
  • What starts as an innocent father/daughter college visit takes a shocking turn when Tony brutally strangles a Mob turncoat.
    Dan Snierson, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Dec. 2025

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“Accommodationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accommodationist. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.

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