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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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Kuchel was an infamous progressive in the Republican Party at the time, playing roles in the Senate’s work to pass Medicare, the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as well as conservation efforts and a nuclear test ban treaty.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
16 Jan. 2026
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These moves check off many policy wishes of the populist progressive left and borrow from political opponents like former Vice President Kamala Harris.—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
14 Jan. 2026
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Eilish's brother/collaborator Finneas, who has previously protested against ICE in Los Angeles, also spoke about the shootings in Minnesota in an Instagram post on Sunday.—
Karen Cortes,
NBC news,
26 Jan. 2026
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The nine-time Grammy winner’s brother and frequent collaborator, Finneas, shared his take on the situation in a video, which Eilish reposted on her Story.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
26 Jan. 2026
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Hemphill spoke alongside former Capitol police officer Winston Pingeon, who described being punched in the face, pepper sprayed, and called a traitor by the rioters.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
7 Jan. 2026
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The J6ers were not insurrectionists, traitors, and miscreants but patriots, heroes, and innocents.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Tickets here The snowstorm that hit the state Saturday prevented thousands of fans from making the trip to Northwest Arkansas, but the game was listed as a sellout at Walton Arena due to ticket sales, even if they weren't all used.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
25 Jan. 2026
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Madsen’s friends were part of a second straight sellout at Maples Pavilion, following Duke’s first-ever visit to Stanford last Saturday.—
Harold Gutmann,
Mercury News,
25 Jan. 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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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
Cite this Entry
“Accommodationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accommodationist. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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