Definition of commienext
as in communist
an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state alleged that commies had infiltrated every level of the federal government

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Recent Examples of commie There is the monolithic enemy — commies from North Vietnam, sneak attackers from Imperial Japan, tech spies from China. Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023 The only thing more shocking is that the Texas Board of Education didn't try to insert a phrase somewhere saying that global warming was a massive hoax, perpetrated by a cabal of commie climate scientists. Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2010 At other times, he’s called to action as a respected adventurer to investigate missing persons and MacGuffins, which generally leads to a series of globe-spanning scraps with members Axis Powers (sometimes cultists and commies too). Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024 That film also saw the president's plane hijacked by dirty rotten commies (Gary Oldman this time instead of Nancy Stephens) and, just like with Pleasence, the President of the United States is ushered into an escape pod. Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for commie
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Noun
  • Having dismantled the guardrails that Harrington built to exclude communists, the group established new guardrails to exclude anybody opposed to Israel’s destruction.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
  • Players faced taunts and slurs, and were even accused of being communists.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
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  • Democratic socialists are winning nominations in deep-blue House districts while more moderate Democrats are giving hopes to party leaders that Senate races in North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, and even Texas might carry opportunities.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 7 July 2026
  • Just before Sanders' reversal, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist and Sanders ally, also called on Platner to step down.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 7 July 2026

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“Commie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commie. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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