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noun

as in reformer
a person who holds moderate views the centrists will most likely rally behind the candidate who favors reforming the government program—not abolishing it entirely

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Noun
Vatican experts have considered Leo XIV more of a centrist than his liberal-leaning predecessor, but also mirrors Pope Francis’ championing of the poor. Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025 Their father, Grady Means, worked in the administration of President Gerald Ford as an assistant to Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, a political centrist. Alana Semuels, Time, 8 May 2025 Still, Europe’s centrists will take reassurance from Mr. Carney’s victory in Canada, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s convincing reelection last weekend. Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2025 However, centrists showed the most slippage, from a +2 percent net approval rating last month, to a -12 percent net approval rating this month. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for centrist
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Adjective
  • AbbVie's performance, when initially compared to the benchmark S&P 500 index across the aforementioned parameters, appears moderate.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • While improvements in jobs and wages would likely underpin a moderate economic recovery, Akazawa said that risks remained in consumer sentiment and consumption from sustained price hikes.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • Achieving social control is a central theme of China's AGI pursuit.
    Didi Kirsten Tatlow, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
  • One of these, Tycho crater, will make for an excellent telescope target at this time, as a lip of the 53-mile-wide (85 km) distinctive central impact peak casts strong shadows over the interior of the depression.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 May 2025

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“Centrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centrist. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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