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as in radical
being very far from the center of public opinion
a candidate with a lot of crazy, revolutionary ideas that no one seems to be going for
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as in insurgent
taking part in a rebellion
revolutionary forces that were soundly defeated before reaching the capital
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as in rebel
a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government
after the collapse of the Russian monarchy, the moderate socialists briefly governed until being overthrown by the Bolshevik revolutionaries
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as in revolutionist
a person who rises up against authority
at first the government was not worried about this small band of unarmed revolutionaries
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Recent Examples of revolutionary
Ian King, CNBC, 18 June 2025
By the late 1760s, Warren was a practicing physician who was becoming increasingly involved in revolutionary causes.
—Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 21 Apr. 2025
But because of World War I and the sabotage by Arab revolutionaries and T.E. Lawrence, only the segment from Damascus to Medina was completed.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
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Adjective
However, a broader worry is that the U.K. may be losing momentum in quantum computing, the revolutionary way of processing information faster than classical computing.
—Ian King, CNBC, 18 June 2025
By the late 1760s, Warren was a practicing physician who was becoming increasingly involved in revolutionary causes.
—Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
Noun
Like many Latin American intellectuals of his era, Vargas Llosa for a time was a leftist who supported Marxist revolutionaries like Fidel Castro in Cuba.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 21 Apr. 2025
But because of World War I and the sabotage by Arab revolutionaries and T.E. Lawrence, only the segment from Damascus to Medina was completed.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolutionary
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The festivities end on June 22 with KC Defender’s Juneteenth Freedom Day Cookout, which will celebrate the history of radical Black resistance.—
Zuri Primos,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2025
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Most enterprises are working within legacy systems, procurement requirements, and compliance barriers that make radical change hard.—
John Winsor,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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In the fight over the future of the Democratic Party, Mr. Pritzker has emerged as a leader of an insurgent faction calling for a full-throated, unflinching barrage of attacks on Mr. Trump, his Republican allies and their right-wing agenda.—
Lisa Lerer,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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The photograph depicts a foot soldier in an insurgent religious movement trying to storm the halls of American power.—
John Blake,
CNN,
12 Jan. 2025
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Iran has also for years militarily and financially supported regional militia groups, including Hezbollah in Lebanon, Houthi rebels in Yemen and Hamas in Gaza, that have pressured or attacked Israel on multiple fronts.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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Worried about Michilimackinac’s vulnerability to attacks by American rebels, the British relocated the fort to the high bluffs of Mackinac Island in 1780 and shortened its name.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 June 2025
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Add in Ride's natural tendency to extreme privacy and the tension was inevitable.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
17 June 2025
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Eric Dane is prepared to go to extreme measures to fight ALS.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2025
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From the start, Handy argues, the on-screen adventures in teen movies have been targeted to a double audience of rebellious teens and anxious adults.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2025
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In addition to provoking rebellious and impulsive actions, this unpredictable synergy can abruptly derail plans.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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In a country shackled and scarred by race, religion, gender, and class, much of that rationalized and reified by mainline American churches, the Disciples were genial revolutionists offering inclusion, education, and empowerment for those at the margins.—
Richard D. Mahoney,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2025
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And many revolutionists think that new equipment has changed the patterns of advance and retreat in Ukraine relative to historical experience.—
Stephen Biddle,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Aug. 2023
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Pack said that law enforcement analysts are placing the blame for these escalating riots on a core group of organized anarchists, made up of about 60 individuals, who slipped into the protest crowds.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2025
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From anarchists to orders Antonio Gramsci, the early 20th-century Italian Marxist theorist, expanded the concept of hegemony beyond international relations into a class analysis.—
Andrew Latham,
The Conversation,
30 May 2025
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Orange County has emerged as ground zero for fraud in the private-pay addiction treatment sphere — separate and distinct from the public programs, mind you — and the new law’s emphasis on housing and outside partnerships makes reformers nervous.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
11 June 2025
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These regions were often skeptical of centralized power, and reformers pushed for tools like the initiative and referendum to give citizens a way to bypass political machines and corporate influence.—
Jeremy Kohler,
ProPublica,
30 May 2025
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“Revolutionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolutionary. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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