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Recent Examples of leftist
Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
Critiques from the American right, which lament the film’s timely depictions of a police state, immigrant internment camps and leftist revolt, read like ChatGPT essays programmed to write in the voice of Karen.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
The two issues—safety and transportation—are often intertwined and politicized, even if the link between bicycles and leftist politics is relatively new.
—Evan Friss, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
Intervention continued, though, throughout the Cold War, with moves against leftist governments in Nicaragua and Grenada in the 1980s.
—Alan McPherson, The Conversation, 2 Nov. 2025
The Democratic Party appeals typically to leftist women.
—Nicole Russell, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
So far, authorities have not released information tying the man charged with Kirk's killing to leftist groups.
—NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
While the night celebrated Mamdani’s coalition of Democratic Socialist of America leaders, labor union heads, and activists, the rally also reflected how far Mamdani had come from an unknown, leftist state assemblyman, polling under one percent, to a darling of the Democratic mainstream.
—Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Mamdani, who also has a bright political future, is tearing the Democrat Party apart, splitting leftist radicals from moderate or even liberal Democrats.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2026
Another leftist would not lead Brazil until the 2003 election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is once again the nation's head after winning the 2023 election.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
That includes Valentín, a leftist whose own dreams of revolution have been cut short by the dictatorship’s crackdowns.
—Blythe Marks, Them., 17 Oct. 2025
These early experiences made Janion a lifelong leftist and, at first, an eager member of the ruling communist party.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
For much of his career, Riggio was seen as something of a corporate villain because of his company’s impact on independent bookstores — a reputation that Riggio, a lifelong leftist, felt was deeply unfair.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 6 Oct. 2025
Tyler Robinson, 22, an extreme leftist who hated Kirk, has been charged with Kirk’s murder.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
In his Monday monologue, Kimmel took on right-wing pundits who were looking to frame the shooter who killed pundit Charlie Kirk as a leftist, when the alleged killer’s actual motivation is still unclear.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Advertisement In Chile, another leftist, President Gabriel Boric, has endured broad criticism over his government’s inability to address the country’s rising murder rate.
—Christopher Sabatini, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Beyond the outright annihilation of people and the considerable trauma that brought onto people, leftist regimes inflicted considerable misery in myriad other ways.
—Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
Critiques from the American right, which lament the film’s timely depictions of a police state, immigrant internment camps and leftist revolt, read like ChatGPT essays programmed to write in the voice of Karen.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
The two issues—safety and transportation—are often intertwined and politicized, even if the link between bicycles and leftist politics is relatively new.
—Evan Friss, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
Intervention continued, though, throughout the Cold War, with moves against leftist governments in Nicaragua and Grenada in the 1980s.
—Alan McPherson, The Conversation, 2 Nov. 2025
The Democratic Party appeals typically to leftist women.
—Nicole Russell, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
So far, authorities have not released information tying the man charged with Kirk's killing to leftist groups.
—NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
While the night celebrated Mamdani’s coalition of Democratic Socialist of America leaders, labor union heads, and activists, the rally also reflected how far Mamdani had come from an unknown, leftist state assemblyman, polling under one percent, to a darling of the Democratic mainstream.
—Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Mamdani, who also has a bright political future, is tearing the Democrat Party apart, splitting leftist radicals from moderate or even liberal Democrats.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
Over the music, Lymberopoulos made sure to tell me that most Greek people in Astoria weren’t this leftist.
—Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2026
Another leftist would not lead Brazil until the 2003 election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is once again the nation's head after winning the 2023 election.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
That includes Valentín, a leftist whose own dreams of revolution have been cut short by the dictatorship’s crackdowns.
—Blythe Marks, Them., 17 Oct. 2025
These early experiences made Janion a lifelong leftist and, at first, an eager member of the ruling communist party.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
For much of his career, Riggio was seen as something of a corporate villain because of his company’s impact on independent bookstores — a reputation that Riggio, a lifelong leftist, felt was deeply unfair.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 6 Oct. 2025
Tyler Robinson, 22, an extreme leftist who hated Kirk, has been charged with Kirk’s murder.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
In his Monday monologue, Kimmel took on right-wing pundits who were looking to frame the shooter who killed pundit Charlie Kirk as a leftist, when the alleged killer’s actual motivation is still unclear.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Advertisement In Chile, another leftist, President Gabriel Boric, has endured broad criticism over his government’s inability to address the country’s rising murder rate.
—Christopher Sabatini, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leftist
Adjective
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But Jennings' liberal attitude toward the airing of his opinions, regardless of their content, almost cost him the job.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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But in years since, the district has grown more liberal.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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.—
Dan McLaughlin,
National Review,
18 Jan. 2024
Noun
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Suárez’s a classic lefty in the best sense.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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On the baseball diamond, a future Hall of Fame lefty named Randy Johnson was getting his start with the Indians along with local legend Razor Shines.—
Joe Mutascio,
IndyStar,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Most parents’ responses are reactionary in nature.—
Michelle Fay Cortez,
Bloomberg,
5 Jan. 2026
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What’s up with reactionary old French screen legends?—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Jan. 2026
Noun
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And now let’s see how a communist does in New York.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Trump has repeatedly referred to the democratic socialist as a communist.—
Cameron Schoppa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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One proposal gaining support at least among progressive members is a payroll tax, loosely modeled after a Massachusetts measure, targeting companies that do not offer employees health insurance.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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It was later discovered Williams had Lewy body dementia, the second-most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Across the Hudson River from Kasky’s district, a Jewish democratic socialist named Jake Ephros was elected to Jersey City Council.—
Joseph Strauss,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2026
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Trump unleashes the 'Donroe Doctrine' and puts socialists on notice worldwide.—
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FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Like most conservative economists at the time, Hassett was a staunch deficit hawk, an advocate of higher levels of immigration, and, above all else, an unabashed free trader.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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The town sees some daylight in the financial calculations it's made, says its estimates are conservative.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Leftist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leftist. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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