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Recent Examples of blinkered
Photo : Public domain Preston Tucker’s car was an ambitious but failed experiment, an unfortunate cocktail fueled by the inventor’s own hubris, ill-willed government bureaucracy, and Detroit’s blinkered automotive industrial complex.
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Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
This was a blinkered view of reproductive healthcare rights, however.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
Warren’s blinkered statement provoked a backlash, and rightly so.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
By refusing to address the link between industrialization and global warming, Parker ultimately gives a skewed picture of the resolution of the crisis and a blinkered view of its implications for environmental policy today.
—Deborah R. Coen, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
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Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
This was a blinkered view of reproductive healthcare rights, however.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
Warren’s blinkered statement provoked a backlash, and rightly so.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
By refusing to address the link between industrialization and global warming, Parker ultimately gives a skewed picture of the resolution of the crisis and a blinkered view of its implications for environmental policy today.
—Deborah R. Coen, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blinkered
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The move likely seeks to rein in parochial infighting between military branches, which compete for congressional funding every year despite Hegseth and the White House officially controlling the process.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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The disagreement is colored by Maine’s parochial politics.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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Unlike Chakrabarti, Wiener has also been a part of San Francisco’s insular community for decades, and has his own base of support — though he is considered a moderate to Chakrabarti’s progressiveness.—
Anita Chabria,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Daniels insisted the impact of the shutdown on air traffic controllers was not just insular and would continue to impact the aviation sector and broader American economy.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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His first business ventures were reportedly an internet café and gaming centers in the provincial capital Fuzhou.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The spot, paid for by the Ontario provincial government and not the Canadian federal government, features the voice of former President Ronald Reagan, speaking during a radio address on April 25, 1987.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Foreseeing FedSur’s fall and the region’s triumph over climate change, Jonás inspires millions of Latinos to join his reactionary revolution, while Crussí, hunted by the regime, undertakes a doomed mission to kill the religious tyrant who foresees his intent.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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Naturally, Musk’s reactionary stances on gender and sexuality are out on display.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
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For a country that had endured two and a half centuries of often absolutist rule by a hidebound monarchy, this was not a trivial achievement.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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At times, some say, the agency has been too hidebound.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
9 May 2025
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“Blinkered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blinkered. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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