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Recent Examples of lefty
Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 6 Feb. 2026
It's also been an active offseason for general manager Chris Getz and the front office, bringing in some key veterans, like reliever Seranthony Dominguez, Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami, lefty pitcher Anthony Kay, and other players that Getz feel have upside.
—CBS News, 31 Jan. 2026
Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
Prior to the deal with Suter, the Angels had only one lefty — veteran Drew Pomeranz — who was locked in to a bullpen job.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
The Braves just recently inked Pérez, a 34-year-old lefty starter, to a minor league deal.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 6 Feb. 2026
It's also been an active offseason for general manager Chris Getz and the front office, bringing in some key veterans, like reliever Seranthony Dominguez, Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami, lefty pitcher Anthony Kay, and other players that Getz feel have upside.
—CBS News, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
Four of those five also bat lefty, so there aren’t any sensible platoon options to help.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
Prior to the deal with Suter, the Angels had only one lefty — veteran Drew Pomeranz — who was locked in to a bullpen job.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lefty
Adjective
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This level of coordination effectively marries ancient Chinese martial arts with modern precision engineering.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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Analysts say the result could mean more stability for modern day Thailand, which has had three prime ministers in as many years and a 20-year cycle of military coups, violent street protests and paralyzing political instability.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 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
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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
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This jaw-dropping arts center also hosts plays, dance performances, classical concerts, and contemporary music gigs by major names such as Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Björk, New Order, Paul Weller, and Lorde.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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Priced north of £30 for accessories, up to the mid-hundreds range for dresses, the label occupies an accessible premium space within the contemporary designer market.—
Amy Francombe,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2026
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This mix-and-match manicure uses a fun blend of pinks, purples, yellows, orange, and green.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
20 Feb. 2026
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Deviating from a black and white palette for the first time since his MA collection, Smith incorporated the scarlets, golds and pinks that often feature in Burra’s and Dix’s work into his own drawings.—
Violet Goldstone,
Footwear News,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The most advanced pediatric care in the state is provided at the Medical University of South Carolina’s campus in Charleston, several hours away from the Upstate on the coast.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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The scramble for vaccines, in which advanced economies quickly gobbled up urgent pandemic supplies, highlighted the need for local drug manufacturing.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Democrats are both fighting to take back control of the House while progressives and socialists are also pushing for more control in Congress.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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The socialist seems to be walking back a campaign promise to expand the city’s billion-dollar rental voucher program.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Lefty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lefty. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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