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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.
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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
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
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Earlier in the night, the combative progressive suggested the results would not be known until Wednesday or later after the Texas Supreme Court blocked a Dallas judge who ordered polls to stay open two extra hours after complaints from voters who were turned away.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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As for Zohran Mamdani, who seems to be every progressive’s shining star, his effectiveness in office remains to be seen.—
Colin Cepuran,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Keenen Ivory Wayans, the architects of the franchise, returned to write the script alongside longtime collaborator Rick Alvarez, who is also producing.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2026
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Jane, a talent in her own right and a key collaborator in Henson’s creative process, was disappointed.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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McCarthy’s rampage was about rooting out traitors.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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Each night, the traitors eliminate one faithful by figuratively murdering them, ending their time on the show.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2026
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Will Smith also scored, and goalie Alex Nedeljovic finished with 27 saves as the Sharks swept a pair of weekend matinees at SAP Center, both before enthusiastic sellout crowds of 17,435.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Once spring break arrives in early to mid-March, the Cubs figure to have sellouts or near-sellouts on most days.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
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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
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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
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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
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But the result is that a fair number of former Sanders allies or staffers have turned out to be MAGA turncoats, cranks, or washed out of politics altogether.—
Ryan Cooper,
Washington Post,
20 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Accommodationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accommodationist. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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