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Adjective
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No more extremist posturing to win primaries.—
Mary Ellen Klas,
Boston Herald,
1 June 2026 -
Indeed, this was a more innocent time when conspiracy theories could still be fun and eccentric, and were less likely to be exploited by extremist actors.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
1 June 2026
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Why are nontraditional political parties and factions, many of them extremist, gaining strength in Europe and elsewhere?—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Blogs run by traditional media organizations, such as ABC or The Washington Post, may utilize a live blog to keep the audience apprised of the facts of the event while a nontraditional news organization, such as Politico or Daily Kos, may focus more on real-time analysis of those facts.—
Jeremy Saks,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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Although oral-history books focused on pop culture are fairly common today, the format was revolutionary in 1996, when the first edition of Please Kill Me was published.—
Juliet Izon,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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Beneath an old wood ceiling is a fireplace and, just beyond, a replica of the lantern that guided Paul Revere when alerting the revolutionary militia that the British were arriving.—
Jayson Buford,
Robb Report,
4 June 2026
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But Magen David Adom’s dispatch unit in Ramla, about 12 miles southeast of Tel Aviv, is more than 100 feet underground, safeguarded by thick walls and a sophisticated respirator system capable of providing clean air in case of conventional and nonconventional attacks.—
Matt Nighswander,
NBC news,
4 Mar. 2026
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The number is especially sobering given that Ritter’s metric measures from the first-day closing price (which is almost always higher than the official offer price), and excludes nonconventional IPOs like reverse mergers.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
14 Jan. 2026
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Jackson is betting that his outside pitch will win over antiestablishment conservatives.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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The 2026 midterms are already being shaken up by populist firebrands and antiestablishment outsiders.—
James Desio,
Washington Post,
15 May 2026
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But, unlike real experts, Heritage and Feulner’s promise was that every problem could be solved with a conservative solution, or that every nonconservative solution would be a disaster.—
E.J. Fagan,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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McDaniel and her advisers have pushed for some nonconservative outlets to host the party’s debates, arguing that many independent and Republican voters can be reached through these channels and that Republicans should not limit themselves to right-leaning outlets.—
Josh Dawsey,
Washington Post,
2 May 2023
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One of the show’s most radical changes from Broadway is switching the genders of a few characters from male to female.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
4 June 2026
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Byrne and Chace will play brothers amongst a group of men seeking to rediscover their purpose at the radical Reclaim Retreat that promises the transformation of the modern man.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
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“Antitraditional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antitraditional. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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