as in liberal
a person with very modern ideas
a time when Paris was the center of the universe for modernists in the art world
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Noun
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While Elliott has been leading the charge for years, other liberals have been increasingly voicing criticism of Lamont, particularly during the past month.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025 -
The move Thursday came two days after liberals held onto their 4-3 majority when Dane County Judge Susan Crawford defeated conservative Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel in the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history.—
Mary Spicuzza,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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Climate control systems can monitor and regulate all the inputs in modern greenhouses and hoop houses.—
Julie Weed,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Think of it as the breezy, modern little sister to her grand estate up the hill.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
25 July 2025
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Actors Juan Quispe and Edith Ramos topline a story that intertwines two periods, that following the 18th century revolutionary Ángel Pumacahua, defeated in battle, who flees to his village and, upon his arrival, finds himself in the Peruvian Andes of the 21st century.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
4 July 2025
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Curtis Everett in Snowpiercer (2014) Released just two years after the first Avengers, Bong Joon Ho's apocalyptic thriller Snowpiercer allowed Evans to show off his grittier side, playing a reluctant revolutionary named Curtis.—
Devan Coggan,
EW.com,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Rampant and widespread—look no further than Covid-19, malaria or Lyme disease—zoonoses are often at the center of contemporary outbreaks, epidemics and research.—
Christian Thorsberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 July 2025
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Built on a foundation of traditional Mexican folk styles like mariachi, cumbia and norteño, Los Bukis was among the first successful Mexican bands to incorporate elements of contemporary pop and rock to their sound.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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The apartment’s original wall plaster is preserved, and their light salmon hue harmonizes beautifully with the ultramodern, somewhat stark white and steel furnishings.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Architectural Digest,
23 June 2025
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The same is true in some ultramodern nations that are changing under the pressures of globalization, such as South Korea and even constitutionally secular Turkey.—
Andrew Preston,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Apr. 2012
Adjective
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The Musical tried the same trick as the Greta Gerwig movie, releasing its 1930s cartoon character into present-day New York for a journey of self-discovery.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
17 July 2025
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As expected, others don’t hold up to present-day scrutiny.—
Andrew Paul Jul 17,
Popular Science,
17 July 2025
Adjective
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The county and the Cincinnati Bengals have agreed to work toward a new 11-year lease agreement instead of extending the current lease for Paycor Stadium, which was signed in 1997 and has long been criticized by taxpayers.—
Erin Glynn,
The Enquirer,
25 July 2025
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The Outlet Fire in 2000, a prescribed burn that ran out of control, left a wall of aspen to the east that proved a partial barrier to the current fire.—
Tom Zoellner,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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Rei Kawakubo and Adrian Joffe, who broke the mold with their Dover Street Market emporiums mixing various Comme des Garçons brands with the crème de la crème of luxury and streetwear, are disrupting retail again with a newfangled take on private-label merchandise.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
25 June 2025
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Gianni Infantino’s grand experiment has now fully gotten underway, with all 32 teams having played their opening matches in this newfangled Club World Cup.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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“Modernist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernist. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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