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Recent Examples of neoconservative
Suzanne Schneider,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Mar. 2026
Bannon has used the term globalists to refer to Silicon Valley elites, media executives, neoconservative foreign-policy hawks, proponents of lightly regulated global markets, and Jared Kushner.
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Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
Garrett M. Graff,
Wired News,
6 Jan. 2026
In the past two weeks, prominent neoconservatives Bret Stephens and Elliott Abrams have argued in favor of overthrowing Maduro outright in columns in the New York Times and Foreign Affairs.
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Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
22 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
Those twenty-five years or so were the apex of Washington Consensus conservatism, of neoconservative interventions abroad and neoliberal economic policy at home.
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Suzanne Schneider,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Mar. 2026
Bannon has used the term globalists to refer to Silicon Valley elites, media executives, neoconservative foreign-policy hawks, proponents of lightly regulated global markets, and Jared Kushner.
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Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
Bolton, the hawkish neoconservative who was Trump’s longest-serving White House national security adviser during his first term, had advocated for regime change in Venezuela for years and worked in the first term to support opposition efforts to overthrow Maduro.
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Garrett M. Graff,
Wired News,
6 Jan. 2026
In the past two weeks, prominent neoconservatives Bret Stephens and Elliott Abrams have argued in favor of overthrowing Maduro outright in columns in the New York Times and Foreign Affairs.
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Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
22 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neoconservative
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Since then, McCarthy has had to tread somewhat lightly between the ultraright caucus and the rest of his party.
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Because Jesuits often sided with El Salvador’s poor and some kept records of human rights violations, they were hated by the country’s ultraright.
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Moreover, during the Iraq war, the Jewish community could effectively argue that framing the conflict as a Jewish neocon conspiracy was baseless, even as some neoconservatives influenced policy.
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The former leftists who dreamed of spreading democracy at the barrel of a gun, after all, were only one part of the neocon movement.
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That leaves Shapiro—an Orthodox Jew and staunch Zionist—in a tough spot.
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The public is warming up to nuclear, too – after decades of staunch opposition, a 2024 survey commissioned by the Energy Department found that more than 70% of Filipinos trust nuclear power as a reliable source of electricity, and many support rehabilitating the BNPP.
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The uninitiated might be surprised that Game Changer has amassed a fiercely loyal, very active online fan base.
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Cao is strategically building his team, repositioning competent legacy appointees to ensure continuity while fostering a loyal leadership cadre.
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The Federal Reserve’s steadfast period of low interest rates in the 2000s was criticized as contributing to a housing bubble in the 2000s, followed by the mortgage crisis of 2007 and the Great Recession the following year.
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With the almighty Sun highlighting your 7th House of Partnership, commitments benefit from structure that includes realistic timelines and steadfast follow-through.
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This color is rarely found in nature because few organisms can create the true-blue pigment.
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With flowers blooming summer through fall in vivid true-blue hues, dwarf morning-glory invigorates sunny planting beds.
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Handing the follow-up to her, and her faithful floating dog Krypto, strikes me as an extremely natural next step.
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Austin Sumter, a faithful reader of this newsletter.
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Instead of demanding personal fealty or humiliating them to assert personal dominance, Lincoln absorbed their egos and occasional slights, elevating their talents and turning his fiercest political adversaries into his most devoted champions.
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The business began as a ghost kitchen inside Oak Street Eats before growing a devoted following through social media.
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“Neoconservative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neoconservative. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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