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Recent Examples of leftist
Elena Moore,
NPR,
24 June 2026
The election result also drew strong praise from prominent South Florida Republican lawmakers, many of whom had openly backed de la Espriella and framed the Colombian election as part of a broader ideological struggle across Latin America between democratic capitalism and leftist populism.
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Antonio MarÃa Delgado,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
The options before voters are business owner and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and Iván Cepeda, a lawmaker and heir to the political movement of outgoing President Gustavo Petro, the nation’s first leftist leader.
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Regina Garcia Cano,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
Centrist Paz took office seven months ago, inheriting the country’s worst economic crisis in a generation that helped propel the end of nearly two decades of leftist rule.
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Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
The ‌case is one of several corruption probes nearing or already at trial that are weighing ‌on Sánchez, one of Europe’s few ‌remaining leftist leaders.
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Reuters,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
The language of leftist universalism now seems ever more remote from Israel’s reality.
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Adam Louis-Klein,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2026
Danger on the left Van Hollen is right, but the difficult part for his party is resisting the influence of leftist factions that identify with the Palestinians to the extreme of denying Israel’s right to exist.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
16 June 2026
Brantley argues that this history challenges the conventional view of the decade as a period when leftist activism receded and conservative politics prevailed.
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H.m.a. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
12 June 2026
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
In New York, an inspiring young leftist competed against a boorish, but experienced, former governor to replace a corrupt mayor.
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Marc Novicoff,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2026
The president, Claudia Sheinbaum, is a leftist with a PhD in engineering who prides herself on her scientific background.
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Mary Beth Sheridan,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
The last pope, Francis, could be filed away by American conservatives as an anti-American Latin American leftist, but Leo can’t.
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Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
2 May 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.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
In nearby Venezuela, the rise of President Hugo Chávez, a leftist, in 1999 meant oil and aid began flowing again.
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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.
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Teo Armus,
Washington Post,
14 Mar. 2026
RodrÃguez 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.
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Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
The democratic socialist endorsed in three competitive House primary matchups, breaking with Democratic leaders by supporting leftist candidates who were unafraid to criticize Israel and push for ambitious economic policies.
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Elena Moore,
NPR,
24 June 2026
The election result also drew strong praise from prominent South Florida Republican lawmakers, many of whom had openly backed de la Espriella and framed the Colombian election as part of a broader ideological struggle across Latin America between democratic capitalism and leftist populism.
—
Antonio MarÃa Delgado,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
The options before voters are business owner and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and Iván Cepeda, a lawmaker and heir to the political movement of outgoing President Gustavo Petro, the nation’s first leftist leader.
—
Regina Garcia Cano,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
Centrist Paz took office seven months ago, inheriting the country’s worst economic crisis in a generation that helped propel the end of nearly two decades of leftist rule.
—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
The ‌case is one of several corruption probes nearing or already at trial that are weighing ‌on Sánchez, one of Europe’s few ‌remaining leftist leaders.
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Reuters,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
The language of leftist universalism now seems ever more remote from Israel’s reality.
—
Adam Louis-Klein,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2026
Danger on the left Van Hollen is right, but the difficult part for his party is resisting the influence of leftist factions that identify with the Palestinians to the extreme of denying Israel’s right to exist.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
16 June 2026
Brantley argues that this history challenges the conventional view of the decade as a period when leftist activism receded and conservative politics prevailed.
—
H.m.a. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
12 June 2026
Noun
Raman is more likely than Bass to pick up the voters who chose community organizer Rae Huang, a leftist who, like Raman, is a DSA member.
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Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
In New York, an inspiring young leftist competed against a boorish, but experienced, former governor to replace a corrupt mayor.
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Marc Novicoff,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2026
The president, Claudia Sheinbaum, is a leftist with a PhD in engineering who prides herself on her scientific background.
—
Mary Beth Sheridan,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
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
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
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.
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Teo Armus,
Washington Post,
14 Mar. 2026
RodrÃguez 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.
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Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leftist
Adjective
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Some prominent liberal legal scholars even attempted to defend substantive-due-process rights using originalist and textualist methods.
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In a stark move, liberal Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor directly criticized Thomas' claim in a joint opinion.
Noun
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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.
Adjective
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As rightist parties surge across the UK, Labour members are betting on Burnham — who easily won a parliamentary seat last week — to salvage their moribund agenda.
Noun
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The lefty, who is in his first minor league season, is known for his arm slot — reminiscent of Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale, and an electric slider.
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As a 6-foot-6 lefty who can follow a game plan, Peterson has several of the attributes that the Cubs typically look for.
Adjective
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However, the team isn’t presenting Sentnor as a reactionary move to Straus’ departure.
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Only within the logic of an authoritarian or deeply reactionary culture can justice and beauty become controversial aims.
Noun
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These are not social democrats, these are hardcore godless communists.
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He’s gone as far as to call them communists.
Adjective
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According to the report, the boy first developed progressive facial numbness and tingling on the right side of his face, followed by loss of appetite, painful swallowing and vomiting.
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But its original progressive elements have not only lasted, but become the law of the entire land — from sea to shining sea.
Noun
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The fight in Colorado's primaries is the latest example of a trend cropping up elsewhere, with progressives and democratic socialists seeking to shake up or fundamentally change the Democratic Party, in a dynamic that could define the cycle.
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After victories in New York City, democratic socialists are taking their fight against the Democratic establishment to Colorado.
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“Leftist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leftist. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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