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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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But Magen David Adom’s dispatch unit in Ramla, about 12 miles southeast of Tel Aviv, is more than 100 feet underground, safeguarded by thick walls and a sophisticated respirator system capable of providing clean air in case of conventional and nonconventional attacks.—
Matt Nighswander,
NBC news,
4 Mar. 2026
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The number is especially sobering given that Ritter’s metric measures from the first-day closing price (which is almost always higher than the official offer price), and excludes nonconventional IPOs like reverse mergers.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
14 Jan. 2026
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This nontraditional version of gamja jeon is crispy on the outside and tender-chewy on the inside.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Just over 68% of kids in the system were White, though Black kids on average spent more time in nontraditional placements than their peers.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Mar. 2026
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The flow of liberal funding has continued since then.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
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Unlike the recent Senate primary in Texas, where Democrats publicly weighed questions of electability, Illinois may provide insight into how much of a fighter liberal voters want in Congress.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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Nearly 1 in 5 Americans believed in QAnon four years ago, an alt-right extremist fantasy that was as popular as some major religions.—
Megan Thiele Strong,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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Incumbent Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo, elected in 2014 and reelected in 2020, decided against seeking a third term, having steered the French capital through the trauma of extremist attacks in 2015 and the exuberance of the Paris Olympics in 2024.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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As Utah emerged as the epicenter of an internal GOP conflict over AI regulation, two groups with considerable links to progressive politics were quietly stoking the flames.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
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The 2026 Hall of Fame Class also includes Kelly Barr, classical music; Denise Crosby, journalism; Leslie Hunt, popular and progressive music; Stanley Konopka, classical music; Mary Beth McCarthy, choral music; and Juel Ulven, folk music.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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These offices are not the big, antiestablishment utopian workspaces companies like WeWork were known for in the 2010s.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
27 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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This led some agencies, such as the Department of Energy, to apply unorthodox practices, including closing out pending requests.—
David Cuillier,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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All the while, each vignette feels simultaneously familiar and alien, at once classically old-fashioned and brazenly unorthodox.—
Sezin Devi Keohler,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Mar. 2026
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Split keyboards aren’t a new concept, but many ergonomic split keyboard designs, including JezailFunder’s own Cornix model, rely on unconventional layouts that require a little more getting used to.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Mar. 2026
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The bot’s unconventional approach was a viral success, if not taken entirely seriously by mathematicians.—
Lyndie Chiou,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Nonconservative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonconservative. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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