as in moderate
a person who holds moderate views
since the party's middle-of-the-roaders often lack verve, the activists inevitably nominate some extremist who can't win in the general election
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Noun
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Mamdani, a progressive, now heads to the general election, where some moderates are hoping another more centrist candidate could emerge.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025 -
The White House hosted several groups of House Republicans for talks, including moderates and hardliners who opposed the bill in its revised form.—
Erin Doherty,Christina Wilkie,
CNBC,
2 July 2025
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Could the Mooch complete his jester-to-statesman evolution by running as a charismatic centrist who can bring the U.S. into a post-partisan age?—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
2 July 2025
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Even Kamala Harris, maybe especially Harris, fits that insider image, and certainly Gavin Newsom, despite zigzagging from centrist to pugilist, can’t forward his presidential ambitions as anything but old-guard.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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