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Recent Examples of egalitarian
Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
Land distribution is relatively egalitarian there compared with other regions—South Africa notwithstanding—which is a result of unique postcolonial circumstances.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Such representation is more often used as a tactic for blocking egalitarian policies than for achieving them.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
Some scholars, such as Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law School, emphasize the amendment’s egalitarian ideals.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
In an era where many offenses were rudimentary – unbothered by having multiple players standing next to one another and content to have a single player dominate the ball – the triangle dared to create a more egalitarian version of the sport.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
Land distribution is relatively egalitarian there compared with other regions—South Africa notwithstanding—which is a result of unique postcolonial circumstances.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Such representation is more often used as a tactic for blocking egalitarian policies than for achieving them.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
Some scholars, such as Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law School, emphasize the amendment’s egalitarian ideals.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for egalitarian
Noun
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Senate democrats are expected to hold a caucus call on the issue Sunday evening, a source told CBS News.—
Patrick Maguire,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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That was the fate of the East European Communist dictatorships, in a variety of ways—Wojciech Jaruzelski of Poland reluctantly ceding power to Lech Wałęsa and Polish democrats, or Nicolae Ceauşescu ending up riddled with his soldiers’ bullets.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This is the time to defend democratic government, the rule of law, and the freedoms generations fought to secure.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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An opening gala was held on Monday, during which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the West’s democratic civilization is under threat from a destructive ideology that has infiltrated every country in Western Europe and the United States.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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