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Recent Examples of party line
The day of remembrance bill was approved in an 82-31 party line vote.
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Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
The clear video evidence starkly refutes the party line.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
The House narrowly passed the entire spending package, including the DHS spending bill, last week along a mostly party line vote.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
As such, Republicans in the House now have a thinner margin; if all members are in attendance and voting, Republicans can only lose two of their own on any party line vote.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
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Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
The clear video evidence starkly refutes the party line.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
The House narrowly passed the entire spending package, including the DHS spending bill, last week along a mostly party line vote.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
As such, Republicans in the House now have a thinner margin; if all members are in attendance and voting, Republicans can only lose two of their own on any party line vote.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for party line
conventional wisdom
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That was conventional wisdom until 2010, when California anglers shattered that myth with their swimbaits at an FLW Tour event at Lake Ouachita.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2026
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One of the first clues that the conventional wisdom about willpower was wrong came in 2015.—
Francine Russo,
Scientific American,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Party line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/party%20line. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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