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Recent Examples of populist
Backers of the project, long a punching bag for populists, now have their own populist target: the dictatorial president seeking to cancel America’s only public high-speed rail.
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Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2025
Japanese populist Sohei Kamiya stunned many in the country when his Sanseitō party won 14 seats in Japan’s Upper House elections last week.
—Beth Bailey , Bryan Preston, FOXNews.com, 27 July 2025
The pair, both populists, came together to support a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks in 2020.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 26 July 2025
But even investing in conservative companies couldn’t scratch his political itch, so Vance remade himself again—this time as a pro-Trump populist—and ran for Senate, carried to victory in part by $15 million in super PAC contributions from his former employer, Thiel.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
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Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2025
Japanese populist Sohei Kamiya stunned many in the country when his Sanseitō party won 14 seats in Japan’s Upper House elections last week.
—Beth Bailey , Bryan Preston, FOXNews.com, 27 July 2025
The pair, both populists, came together to support a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks in 2020.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 26 July 2025
But even investing in conservative companies couldn’t scratch his political itch, so Vance remade himself again—this time as a pro-Trump populist—and ran for Senate, carried to victory in part by $15 million in super PAC contributions from his former employer, Thiel.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for populist
socialist
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Mamdani, a democratic socialist and the Democratic nominee for mayor, leads in polls 60 days before the November general election.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Remember this yet again next time conservatives marinating in their victimhood claim Hollywood is full of socialists.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Populist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/populist. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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