as in communists
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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Noun
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In 1950, Secretary of State Dean Acheson issued new regulations that prevented communists, and people suspected of being communists, from obtaining passports.—
Time,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025 -
Between 1950 and 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy's lists of communists were actually just targets.—
Alexis Coe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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The economy, juiced by billions of dollars in funding from Brussels, was growing fast after recovering from the 2008 global financial crisis, which had damaged the political fortunes of Hungary’s socialists, in power when the crisis hit.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Johnson raised concerns that nuking the filibuster could one day empower socialists, in an appearance on C-SPAN Thursday.—
Steven T. Dennis,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Commies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commies. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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