as in traditional
tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions
the die-hard purists are never going to accept certain words, no matter who uses them
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Recent Examples of die-hard
Helen Regan, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
With a limited number of tickets and exorbitant prices of more than $1,000 a piece, die-hard fans are resorting to desperate measures to get cash.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2026
Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026
Instead, the two were bundled up on the couch watching the University of Miami Hurricanes—a team that counts Ramirez as a diehard, lifelong fan—beat the Ohio State University Buckeyes in the Cotton Bowl.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 2 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
His die-hard Red Shirt supporters took to the streets of Bangkok in 2010 in protests that were violently put down.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
With a limited number of tickets and exorbitant prices of more than $1,000 a piece, die-hard fans are resorting to desperate measures to get cash.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
Wildcat Mountain, New Hampshire In northern New Hampshire, Wildcat Mountain’s diehard following swears by its exciting terrain, stunning views of Mount Washington and the great White Mountain National Forest, and intimate, no-frills feel that makes winter-sport purists feel right at home.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026
Instead, the two were bundled up on the couch watching the University of Miami Hurricanes—a team that counts Ramirez as a diehard, lifelong fan—beat the Ohio State University Buckeyes in the Cotton Bowl.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 2 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for die-hard
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Meals in The Eatery all-day buffet; in Horizons, the three-floor main dining room (which offers the traditional early and late seating as well as anytime dining); at the 24-hour International Café; and on the outdoor decks at The Lido and Promenade are all included in the cruise fare.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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This flexibility is intended to enable more advanced maneuvering and mission profiles than traditional hypersonic boost-glide and cruise missile systems.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Feb. 2026
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Frum and Brooks discuss the origins of the term neocon, what the neocons got right, and why they should be listened to today.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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Loomer wanted Waltz gone, too—he had been tagged as a neocon who, in her estimation, was contravening Trump’s desires.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Israel has since killed more than 72,000 Palestinians in Gaza, nearly half of them women and children, according to the Health Ministry, which is under Gaza’s Hamas government and which does not distinguish between militants and civilians.—
Adam Geller,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Northern Nigeria is in the grip of a complex security crisis featuring both Islamic militants operating in the northeast and armed criminal gangs kidnapping people for ransom who have wrecked havoc in the northwest and north-central regions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Even physicians, long hailed by Republicans for their conservative bona fides, contributed more funds to Democrats by a 2-to-1 margin in 2024.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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Today, conservative podcasters like Benny Johnson have filled Limbuagh's space and were gleeful after the House panel moved last month to hold the couple in contempt.—
STEVEN SLOAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
26 Feb. 2026
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As the Trump political phenomenon and movement began to take shape in 2015, the neoconservatives were first worried most about another Republican—Rand Paul and his 2016 presidential campaign.—
Jack Hunter,
Washington Post,
13 Jan. 2026
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Bolton, the hawkish neoconservative who was Trump’s longest-serving White House national security adviser during his first term, had advocated for regime change in Venezuela for years and worked in the first term to support opposition efforts to overthrow Maduro.—
Garrett M. Graff,
Wired News,
6 Jan. 2026
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The movie had been a hit a few months earlier, though Oscar and Jude, loyal to the stage production, had quibbles with the screen adaptation.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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In return, those Revolutionary Guard commanders became Khamenei’s loyal inner circle, helping quell domestic unrest and exporting the Islamic Republic’s revolutionary ideology across the region, in Lebanon, Gaza, Iraq and Yemen.—
Babak Dehghanpisheh,
NBC news,
1 Mar. 2026
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For him, Yuan porcelain represented a major cultural and technological breakthrough in Chinese art under Mongol rule, countering long-running, orthodox perceptions of the imperial dynasty.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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But the battles around the president have increasingly spread beyond the orthodox parameters of political debate and into the broader culture.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
10 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, the two Hall of Famers who were Motta’s most staunch advocates, 1988 inductee Wes Unseld and 2009 inductee Sloan, both died in 2020.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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José Andrés has since been one of the couple's staunchest supporters, and was even a guest on the second season of the duchess’s cooking show, With Love, Meghan.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Die-hard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/die-hard. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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