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Recent Examples of lefty
Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Oct. 2025
The Brewers had the best regular season record in all of baseball at 97-65 and a rising star in lefty pitcher Jacob Misiorowski.
—Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2025
Schwarber and Harper followed and the Dodgers are carrying five lefties in the bullpen (Alex Vesia, Jack Dreyer, Tanner Scott, Anthony Banda and Clayton Kershaw).
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 7 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Keaton was involved with Beatty at the time, though her performance hardly takes a backseat to his portrayal of lefty journalist John Reed.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Oct. 2025
The Brewers had the best regular season record in all of baseball at 97-65 and a rising star in lefty pitcher Jacob Misiorowski.
—Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
The lefty had a 2.31 ERA with 145 strikeouts in 89 1/3 innings at three levels, mostly High A and Double A.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2025
Schwarber and Harper followed and the Dodgers are carrying five lefties in the bullpen (Alex Vesia, Jack Dreyer, Tanner Scott, Anthony Banda and Clayton Kershaw).
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lefty
Adjective
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But one scholar, Anthony Grafton, who about thirty years ago published Forgers and Critics, focused on how in the early modern period, there was this enormous flourishing not only of culture but also of liars.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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The program features hits from the ’70s, such as The Beatles, Billy Joel, Elvis and The Carpenters, with modern twist.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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His cultural critiques were unmistakably right-wing, but his scorn for the corporatization of universities might have come from the mouth of a disaffected leftist.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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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In much contemporary literary fiction, that’s often replaced by ingenuity.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The pads look good, too, with eye-catching, contemporary facades, floor-to-ceiling glass, luminous interiors, sculptural staircases, and generous outdoor areas.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The sun ducks down and sets Conejo Mountain against warm pinks and purples, transforming the ridgeline into an epic silhouette.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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As will garden pinks, the next most cold-hardy annuals.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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According to the research team, the XICS is equipped with an advanced calibration system designed to provide accurate measurements through changes in plasma density and temperature.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Other companies, from Amazon to Uber, are also investing in technologies that automate safety-critical tasks, whether through advanced driver assistance systems or fully autonomous vehicles.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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The socialist also took the time to address Trump directly and attack Cuomo and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams in the process.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Oct. 2025
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The economy, juiced by billions of dollars in funding from Brussels, was growing fast after recovering from the 2008 global financial crisis, which had damaged the political fortunes of Hungary’s socialists, in power when the crisis hit.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Lefty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lefty. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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