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Recent Examples of leftist
Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
But ahead of this week’s vote for the Welsh Parliament, the Senedd, a Monday projection by the think tank More in Common put the leftist pro-Welsh independence Plaid Cymru at 30%, Reform at 27% and Labour at 16%.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 6 May 2026
But Spain’s leftist government has said that the measure has the support of a broad coalition that includes the Catholic Church and many Spanish business leaders.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
But whereas leftist thinkers starting with Marx saw the liberal ideal as totally discredited, a mere camouflage for capitalist power, Habermas kept faith with the utopian potential of liberalism.
—Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
Rocha Moya, who is close to former leftist president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has been governor of the northwestern state of Sinaloa since 2021.
—CBS News, 2 May 2026
The conservative opposition successfully drew centrist senators and federal deputies to comfortably override the leftist president's veto of last year's sentencing bill.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Skewering everything from leftist factional infighting to religious zealotry, the movie follows Brian (Graham Chapman), born in the same stable as Jesus and initially mistaken for him.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 29 Apr. 2026
Rappers Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap, along with DJ Próvaí, have always put their leftist sympathies front and center on their music.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2026
Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Jeremy Corbyn, the septuagenarian British leftist, who had already arrived in Havana by plane, met with high-ranking Communist Party officials in the presidential palace.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
Melton’s Austin starts as a baby leftist crying over a dead bee, then becomes torn between the authentic Korean cultural education Chairwoman Park claims to offer him and the increasingly ambitious Ashley, who wants to leverage Austin’s heritage for her own personal gain.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Petro, a leftist who was a member of a rebel group in his youth, has attempted to stage peace talks with Colombia’s remaining rebel groups under a strategy known as total peace.
—Manuel Rueda, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
In nearby Venezuela, the rise of President Hugo Chávez, a leftist, in 1999 meant oil and aid began flowing again.
—Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
Fearing a tougher-than-expected race for one of Texas’s two Senate seats, Republicans are trying to cast Democratic candidate James Talarico as a radical leftist out of step with voters.
—Teo Armus, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2026
However, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has already blasted Peltola as a radical leftist in a new 45-second ad.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2026
Rodríguez is a hard-line leftist with deeply anti-American views learned from her father, a Marxist guerrilla commander who died at the hands of Venezuelan security forces.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
Meanwhile, the leftist-podcast bros have been making common cause with the wine moms for a while now.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
But ahead of this week’s vote for the Welsh Parliament, the Senedd, a Monday projection by the think tank More in Common put the leftist pro-Welsh independence Plaid Cymru at 30%, Reform at 27% and Labour at 16%.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 6 May 2026
But Spain’s leftist government has said that the measure has the support of a broad coalition that includes the Catholic Church and many Spanish business leaders.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
But whereas leftist thinkers starting with Marx saw the liberal ideal as totally discredited, a mere camouflage for capitalist power, Habermas kept faith with the utopian potential of liberalism.
—Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
Rocha Moya, who is close to former leftist president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has been governor of the northwestern state of Sinaloa since 2021.
—CBS News, 2 May 2026
The conservative opposition successfully drew centrist senators and federal deputies to comfortably override the leftist president's veto of last year's sentencing bill.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Skewering everything from leftist factional infighting to religious zealotry, the movie follows Brian (Graham Chapman), born in the same stable as Jesus and initially mistaken for him.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 29 Apr. 2026
Rappers Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap, along with DJ Próvaí, have always put their leftist sympathies front and center on their music.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
The last pope, Francis, could be filed away by American conservatives as an anti-American Latin American leftist, but Leo can’t.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Jeremy Corbyn, the septuagenarian British leftist, who had already arrived in Havana by plane, met with high-ranking Communist Party officials in the presidential palace.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
Melton’s Austin starts as a baby leftist crying over a dead bee, then becomes torn between the authentic Korean cultural education Chairwoman Park claims to offer him and the increasingly ambitious Ashley, who wants to leverage Austin’s heritage for her own personal gain.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Petro, a leftist who was a member of a rebel group in his youth, has attempted to stage peace talks with Colombia’s remaining rebel groups under a strategy known as total peace.
—Manuel Rueda, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
In nearby Venezuela, the rise of President Hugo Chávez, a leftist, in 1999 meant oil and aid began flowing again.
—Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
Fearing a tougher-than-expected race for one of Texas’s two Senate seats, Republicans are trying to cast Democratic candidate James Talarico as a radical leftist out of step with voters.
—Teo Armus, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2026
However, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has already blasted Peltola as a radical leftist in a new 45-second ad.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2026
Rodríguez is a hard-line leftist with deeply anti-American views learned from her father, a Marxist guerrilla commander who died at the hands of Venezuelan security forces.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leftist
Adjective
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The three liberal-leaning justices are not in attendance.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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By late October 2018, at age 25, she was being feted as the new ambassador for the Children’s Tumor Foundation, and was mere weeks away from earning a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies from Arizona State University (having transferred from UNC Charlotte).—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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My general experience with campaigns is that winning candidates are almost always those who attack their opponents remorselessly and relentlessly — those who convince the voters that the other guy is a racist, a pinko, a warmonger, a coward, a crook, a greedy capitalist, whatever.—
Dan McLaughlin,
National Review,
18 Jan. 2024
Adjective
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Rising worries over crime are upending Latin American politics, propelling rightist candidates to the top of polls across the region.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Then Cash made another surprising move by leaving Vilade in to hit against Gaddis rather than pinch-hitting lefty Jake Fraley, and that also paid off when Vilade delivered an RBI single up the middle.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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The veteran lefty will make at least two more rehab starts, with his next coming on Thursday.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The recent fatal accident at LaGuardia International Airport in New York highlighted how reactionary the aviation safety system can be.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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The Emmys have become increasingly reactionary to conversation and can only focus on one thing at a time.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
2 May 2026
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To get a sentence like that in a communist, radically left-wing city of liberal lunatics is truly amazing.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The president has spent a decade calling his rivals communists and traitors, among other hyperbolic insults.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This tax would reclaim profits previously acquired from Californians by imposing additional levies on corporations that benefited from state tax incentives, as well as through a progressive tax structure targeting individuals with significant wealth.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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Four major candidates look to unseat Karen Bass Incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass faces a tough reelection challenge in a field of 13 candidates, including a reality TV personality, a tech entrepreneur and two progressive candidates.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, a devout socialist and one of the most vocal opponents of the Pentagon’s Operation Epic Fury in Iran, brushed off the threat of being removed from the alliance.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Apr. 2026
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He was later pardoned and won election for president as a socialist in 1999.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Leftist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leftist. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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