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Recent Examples of lefty
Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
Will Leo’s lefty action epic One Battle After Another edge out the Timmy ping-pong parable Marty Supreme for the Comedy win?
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 22 Jan. 2026
The durable, long-lasting lefty had more chances than most in the postseason.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
Drawing from its wealth of young lefty starters, a group that includes Connelly Early, Payton Tolle, Kyle Harrison and Shane Drohan.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
Will Leo’s lefty action epic One Battle After Another edge out the Timmy ping-pong parable Marty Supreme for the Comedy win?
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
As of Thursday morning, the Rangers only lefty in the rotation was probably Jacob Latz.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 22 Jan. 2026
The durable, long-lasting lefty had more chances than most in the postseason.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lefty
Adjective
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Between one and three of those finalists will be inducted into the Hall along with between three and five modern-era players from a group of 15 finalists.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Powell has always said central bank independence is essential to the stability of any modern economy.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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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
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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
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Blame the rules laid down by ultraleft politicians.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
6 Dec. 2021
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
Adjective
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This contemporary jute rug has over 1,000 five-star ratings and is durable for high-traffic areas.—
Jacquelyn McGilvray,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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The current owners have updated the home with contemporary flourishes and technology while preserving period features, like the fireplaces.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
30 Jan. 2026
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On the map, everything north of Tennessee was blanketed in purples and pinks and blues, signalling heavy snow, while everything south was bone white—meaning no snow, not even an inch.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2026
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Byrom is a fan of limewash for its timeworn sensibility, while Young’s walls are painted in soft off-white calcio, with original hues—pale pinks and warm honey tones—still visible in places.—
Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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No Man's Sky's dogfighting model is notable for its shift from the simple, arcade combat present at launch to the more advanced systems in the game now.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Subran estimated that if China were to raise its household disposable-income share in GDP from the current 58% towards the 70% to 75% range observed in advanced economies, private consumption could rise by around 10 percentage points in GDP.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The loudest calls for taxing the ultra-rich amid this year’s Davos summit aren’t coming from hooded anarchists or revolutionary socialists, but from the one-percenters themselves.—
Joe Wilkins Published Jan 22,
Futurism,
22 Jan. 2026
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Old-line liberals have blasted the democratic socialist for de-emphasizing a police presence in favor of volunteers and contract workers armed with little more than overdose kits, notepads and phone numbers.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Lefty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lefty. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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