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Recent Examples of libertarian
Levi Sumagaysay, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Roy, who is running to replace Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), spoke with the libertarian outlet Reason magazine to discuss his views and recent votes in Congress.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 9 Oct. 2025
Bart Jansen, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Milei, who took office in 2023, is a hardline libertarian known for wielding a chainsaw during campaign events — a not-so-subtle symbol of his pledge to cut through regulations and slash government spending.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
The uneven effect of the deduction will apply to other industries, according to analyses by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, and American Action Forum, a right-leaning think tank.
—Levi Sumagaysay, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Roy, who is running to replace Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), spoke with the libertarian outlet Reason magazine to discuss his views and recent votes in Congress.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
Trump continues to target other political rivals The Comey prosecution raised concerns among Democrats and civil libertarians that Trump would wield the Justice Department against other political targets.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Milei, who took office in 2023, is a hardline libertarian known for wielding a chainsaw during campaign events — a not-so-subtle symbol of his pledge to cut through regulations and slash government spending.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for libertarian
Adjective
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Polling for The Guardian again recorded a popularity crisis for the royals in 2000, but as Newsweek has shown before, it was largely fueled by disinterest rather than actual republican sentiment.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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The situation took a dramatic and surprising turn in February 1794 when the French republican government, mired in war elsewhere in Europe as well, declared the abolition of slavery throughout all France’s overseas possessions.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The opposition accuses Fico of eroding democratic standards, media freedom, and covering up corruption.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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Divisions emerged even among those committed to democratic reforms.—
Time,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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What To Know PayPal’s nationally representative poll gathered responses from 1,000 American adults in early September.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The French Revolution of 1789 had many causes—political, ideological, economic, and social—yet in its early phases, many people were optimistic about forming a new representative government based on meritocracy and leaving behind an absolutist polity and hierarchical class structures.—
Time,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Libertarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/libertarian. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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