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Recent Examples of right-wing
Steve Madeley, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
The editorial takes pains to quote the school board, the board president and the Illinois Policy Institute, a right-wing and anti-labor organization, without any quotes from the association or its president.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Macri's circle continues pushing for an open break with Milei to lead right-wing opposition.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The changes occurred after the struggling restaurant chain faced days of intense backlash, primarily from right-wing influencers, over its new logo.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Antoni is the chief economist at the right-wing Heritage Foundation think tank, a contributor to the right-wing policy blueprint Project 2025 and a critic of the agency.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
YouTube inked a deal to launch Herring Networks’ right-wing One America News (OAN) on YouTube TV in the fourth quarter of 2025.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
Farage, a British right-wing populist, has been critical of the Online Safety Act, saying in July the act was already altering consumers’ feeds.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025
Fuentes is among the most popular streamers on Rumble, a right-wing platform similar to YouTube; his videos regularly rack up hundreds of thousands of views.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
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Several targets, especially for the right-wing-back role, turned them down.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
The editorial takes pains to quote the school board, the board president and the Illinois Policy Institute, a right-wing and anti-labor organization, without any quotes from the association or its president.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Macri's circle continues pushing for an open break with Milei to lead right-wing opposition.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The changes occurred after the struggling restaurant chain faced days of intense backlash, primarily from right-wing influencers, over its new logo.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Antoni is the chief economist at the right-wing Heritage Foundation think tank, a contributor to the right-wing policy blueprint Project 2025 and a critic of the agency.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
YouTube inked a deal to launch Herring Networks’ right-wing One America News (OAN) on YouTube TV in the fourth quarter of 2025.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
Farage, a British right-wing populist, has been critical of the Online Safety Act, saying in July the act was already altering consumers’ feeds.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025
Fuentes is among the most popular streamers on Rumble, a right-wing platform similar to YouTube; his videos regularly rack up hundreds of thousands of views.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for right-wing
Adjective
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Trumpism is not neo-isolationist or neoconservative, pro-restraint or pro-intervention.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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At that time, millions of Iraqis joined the protests and demanded the downfall of a corrupt political system midwifed by Beltway hawks and neoconservative ideologues, which has ended up beholden to the mullahs of Iran.—
Nabil Salih,
Time,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Earlier this month, Brazil’s Supreme Court sentenced the rightist Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup following his 2023 election loss.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Historians have pointed to Hodge’s early support of reactionary rightists, including industrialists, landlords, and businessmen—people who were associated with Japanese rule.—
Kornel Chang
September 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Muntasir Rahman, an out gay LGBTQ-rights advocate, was removed from the NCP’s central committee after a backlash from party conservatives.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
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To get foreign conservatives’ attention, the group targeted major right-wing shows to cast white South Africans’ situation as a grim parable.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The performances have largely been stodgy and ponderous.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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The once stodgy and slow growth world of companies that produce and sell power has become an investor favorite.—
Brian Sullivan,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Barcelona’s main threat is right-winger Lamine Yamal, who has the ability to beat two opponents single-handedly, so Jules Kounde tends to play more of a supporting role, sometimes holding his position and tucking into a back three, and pushing forward sporadically.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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When left- and right-wingers agree that the United States is unrepresentative, that represents a mandate for disruption—from Trump in 2024 to Mamdani in 2025.—
Will Johnson,
Time,
1 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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And he's taken aim at the foreign policy apparatus, describing institutions like the NSC and State Department as having been ossified and out of touch.—
Franco Ordoñez,
NPR,
26 Jan. 2026
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This year’s awards narrative was already feeling especially ossified.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2026
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For traditionalists, there were still plenty of classic blue jean offerings from labels like Bally, Brunello Cucinelli, Etro, Canali and Zegna.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Jan. 2026
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But today’s traditionalist poets, who accompanied the liberation parade from Idlib to the Umayyad capital, get off on the cognates of salvage and salvation and on the prefixes of survival and revival.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Since then, McCarthy has had to tread somewhat lightly between the ultraright caucus and the rest of his party.—
Prem Thakker,
The New Republic,
10 Mar. 2023
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Because Jesuits often sided with El Salvador’s poor and some kept records of human rights violations, they were hated by the country’s ultraright.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2021
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“Right-wing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/right-wing. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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