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Recent Examples of egalitarian
Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
Fighting for a perfectly egalitarian France could lead one to commit acts of undeniable cruelty.
—Carol Quillen, Time, 21 Feb. 2026
In Norway, a former prime minister was charged with corruption linked to Epstein, while a princess is also named in the files, shattering Norway’s self-image as egalitarian, high-trust, and low corruption, a Norwegian academic wrote in The Guardian.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Team and league officials describe a cap as an egalitarian reset, a leveling of the playing field that would allow teams in all markets to more fairly compete.
—Evan Drellich, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
That’s, like, an egalitarian development.
—Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
Fighting for a perfectly egalitarian France could lead one to commit acts of undeniable cruelty.
—Carol Quillen, Time, 21 Feb. 2026
In Norway, a former prime minister was charged with corruption linked to Epstein, while a princess is also named in the files, shattering Norway’s self-image as egalitarian, high-trust, and low corruption, a Norwegian academic wrote in The Guardian.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Team and league officials describe a cap as an egalitarian reset, a leveling of the playing field that would allow teams in all markets to more fairly compete.
—Evan Drellich, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for egalitarian
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The View From democrats Some Democrats skipped the speech altogether and attended off-site programming after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told his caucus to protest silently or to take their protests outside.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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From ancient sources philosophers and poets, democrats and demagogues, found justification for everything from anarchy to fascism, and there are reasons for both justifications.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The event also commemorated roughly 100 protesters who were killed in February 2014 during Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity, a pro-Western uprising to thwart Russian influence on the fledgling democratic nation.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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But Indra Hang Subba, a parliamentary legislator from Sikkim, says such delays are inherent to India's democratic system.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
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