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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.
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Antonio María 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
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.
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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 María 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.
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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.
—
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.
—
Teo Armus,
Washington Post,
14 Mar. 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.
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Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leftist
Adjective
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But the court ruled in February that Republican counter plans violated a Utah referendum prohibiting gerrymandering, solidifying the single district centered on the increasingly liberal Salt Lake City.
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The high court divided 6 to 3 along ideological lines in ruling against Damon Landor, with the three liberal justices in dissent.
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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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Springs, a 33-year-old lefty, is expected to start for the A’s in Thursday’s series finale against Giants right-hander Landen Roupp.
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Like Hoyer, White Sox GM Chris Getz also overhauled his ’pen after 2025, signing Seranthony Domínguez to a two-year, $20 million deal, acquiring Jordan Hicks from the Boston Red Sox, along with Sandlin, and signing veteran lefty Sean Newcomb.
Adjective
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Only within the logic of an authoritarian or deeply reactionary culture can justice and beauty become controversial aims.
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Garrett says the new protocols acknowledge that academic institutions have the responsibility to take steps for the safety of their researchers and protect them from potentially dangerous interactions with conspiracy theorists and other reactionary zealots.
Noun
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The adaptation of Georgy Demidov’s eponymous novel, set in the Soviet Union in 1937 during Stalin’s Great Purge, tells the story of a young local prosecutor and dedicated communist who starts to question his undying faith in the regime.
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What better way to distinguish God-fearing Americans from the godless communists of the Soviet Union than to put God on the money?
Adjective
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His endorsements are for progressive candidates challenging incumbent Democrats.
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In a crowded field, voters will pick among four candidates who are all different flavors of Democrat, ranging from moderate to much more progressive and aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America.
Noun
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Lander, a former New York City comptroller who does not identify as a democratic socialist, was the first to pick up a win Tuesday.
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There are progressive candidates running in various elections in New York on Tuesday, with three of them earning endorsements from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who describes himself as a democratic socialist.
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“Leftist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leftist. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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