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Recent Examples of party line
Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician whose support was key to Kennedy’s final confirmation, and Senator John Barrasso, a surgeon and the number two Republican in the Senate, who rarely strays from the party line.
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ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
Failure to comply with the loyalty pledge is punishable by requiring researchers to repay scholarships in full, creating a powerful incentive to toe the party line.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
He is not limited by the party line—or by the desires of wealthy Republican donors.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Within both major parties, there are now two distinct – but dominant – forces that punish any members who do not adhere to the party line.
—Andrew Tisch, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
Failure to comply with the loyalty pledge is punishable by requiring researchers to repay scholarships in full, creating a powerful incentive to toe the party line.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
He is not limited by the party line—or by the desires of wealthy Republican donors.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Within both major parties, there are now two distinct – but dominant – forces that punish any members who do not adhere to the party line.
—Andrew Tisch, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for party line
conventional wisdom
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Even now, when there is little that can be called conventional wisdom anymore, one thing everyone seems to agree on is that American attention spans keep getting shorter.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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The end result of their work is a rallying cry for filmmakers pushing against calcified thinking and conventional wisdom — and unsurprisingly, Pellington says that working on the documentary put him back in touch with the fearless twentysomething maverick inside of him.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
16 Oct. 2025
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