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Recent Examples of nonconservative
But, unlike real experts, Heritage and Feulner’s promise was that every problem could be solved with a conservative solution, or that every nonconservative solution would be a disaster.
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E.j. Fagan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
McDaniel and her advisers have pushed for some nonconservative outlets to host the party’s debates, arguing that many independent and Republican voters can be reached through these channels and that Republicans should not limit themselves to right-leaning outlets.
—Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
Even now, wild posting contains a hint of defiance aimed at stirring a response from nonconservative audiences.
—Gino Sesto, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
In the weeks before the vote, the country’s election supervisory body had disqualified nearly all nonconservative candidates.
—WSJ, 19 June 2021
The refusal of nonconservative networks and publications to report on the story of Hunter Biden’s Ukraine and China business shenanigans in October made clear that most journalists believed their primary obligation was to defeat Trump, not report the news.
—Jonathan Tobin, Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2020
E.j. Fagan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
McDaniel and her advisers have pushed for some nonconservative outlets to host the party’s debates, arguing that many independent and Republican voters can be reached through these channels and that Republicans should not limit themselves to right-leaning outlets.
—Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
Even now, wild posting contains a hint of defiance aimed at stirring a response from nonconservative audiences.
—Gino Sesto, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
In the weeks before the vote, the country’s election supervisory body had disqualified nearly all nonconservative candidates.
—WSJ, 19 June 2021
The refusal of nonconservative networks and publications to report on the story of Hunter Biden’s Ukraine and China business shenanigans in October made clear that most journalists believed their primary obligation was to defeat Trump, not report the news.
—Jonathan Tobin, Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonconservative
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The report claims the IRGC is exploring nonconventional warhead configurations for long-range missiles.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
29 Dec. 2025
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Green Berets are training alongside Mexico’s elite marine infantry units in conventional and nonconventional combat techniques.—
Risa Brooks,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Apr. 2025
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In many cases, survivors’ original experiences of abuse were never fully investigated, leaving little to present under the Act unless courts accept nontraditional forms of evidence, something counties have handled inconsistently.—
Stephen Martin,
Oklahoma Watch,
13 Jan. 2026
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This initiative is part of the college’s broader effort to expand apprenticeship opportunities to include nontraditional fields such as early childhood education and health care.—
Lou Ponsi,
Oc Register,
12 Jan. 2026
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But Jennings' liberal attitude toward the airing of his opinions, regardless of their content, almost cost him the job.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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But in years since, the district has grown more liberal.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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It was widely attributed to the same extremist collective, though not claimed explicitly by the Vulkangruppe.—
Anna Noryskiewicz,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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Local officials have attributed the power outage to an arson attack from The Vulkangruppe (The Volcano Group), a left-wing extremist group.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
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One proposal gaining support at least among progressive members is a payroll tax, loosely modeled after a Massachusetts measure, targeting companies that do not offer employees health insurance.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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It was later discovered Williams had Lewy body dementia, the second-most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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The 1960s marked a significant pivot in cultural mores, from the adherence to convention both socially and stylistically at the dawn of the decade to the age of antiestablishment fervor and personal empowerment as the period progressed.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
8 Sep. 2025
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Voters were far more enthusiastic about the antiestablishment, anti-European Five Star Movement, which won more than 25 percent of the vote in national elections in 2013 and more than 32 percent in 2018.—
ERIK JONES,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Sep. 2022
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Leadership like this is unorthodox, perhaps, but many Americans support it, as polls show.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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McDaniel had already been experimenting with unorthodox approaches to coursework.—
Lila Shapiro,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2026
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Timothée Chalamet’s promotional campaign for his new film Marty Supreme has been a little unconventional thus far.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
12 Jan. 2026
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The unconventional stay was also affordable, Giglia says, estimating her guests paid about $250 each for the weekend — a steal compared to her husband’s bachelor party in Los Cabos, Mexico, that ran about $800 per head.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Nonconservative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonconservative. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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