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mossback

noun

ˈmȯs-ˌbak

Definition of mossback

as in conservative

a person with old-fashioned ideas those mossbacks at the intelligence agency didn't get the memo that the world had changed

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Recent Examples of mossback This man performed in all of Shakespeare’s plays, Assumed all parts from mossbacks to boys young. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2019

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Elsewhere in Semafor, Ben Smith recapped an off-site debate between conservatives about the threats created by AI.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
There's also the daunting task of keeping young conservatives engaged at a time when many of them are unhappy with party leaders.

— Elena Moore, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of conservative

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After Ekwonu ruptured his patellar tendon in the playoff loss to the Los Angeles Rams, the Panthers signed veteran tackle Rasheed Walker to a one-year deal in free agency, then drafted Freeling with the 19th pick a month later.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Sharperson, a producer and veteran actor, has more than 20 years of network television and commercial experience.

— E'Ian West, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

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This union of fossil energy and physical resources is consummated in those regions building infrastructure for private mobility, which rapidly escalated after the Second World War.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
To get a closer look at these details, paleontologists relied on neutron imaging to see the lighter elements present in the fossils as well as X-ray imaging to look at the heavier ones.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026

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