as in communists
an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
a lifelong socialist who never lost faith in his cause
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Recent Examples of socialists
The results in New York affirm that socialists are on the rise and likely will field a presidential candidate in 2028.
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Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
25 June 2026
The housing bill is an example of the president delivering on his promises, and Republicans opened the day by highlighting the democratic socialists who upset establishment Democrats in primaries last night.
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Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
24 June 2026
Two of Mamdani’s congressional slate identify as democratic socialists, while Lander has allied himself with the movement in the past.
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Steve Peoples,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Two of Mamdani's congressional slate identify as democratic socialists, while Lander has often aligned himself with the movement.
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ABC News,
23 June 2026
Avila Chevalier and Valdez are democratic socialists, like Mamdani.
—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Buddhists, socialists, and epidemiologists would say yes.
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Sloane Crosley,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
As the vote count continues in the mayor’s race, democratic socialists in Los Angeles already have some wins down-ballot.
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National Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
We’re cursed with loudmouth, throwback hippie socialists in high places, but Arlington’s a pretty, quiet town bracketed by mountains and made famous by Norman Rockwell, who lived and did his best work here from the 1930s into the ’50s.
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Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
19 Dec. 2024
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
25 June 2026
The housing bill is an example of the president delivering on his promises, and Republicans opened the day by highlighting the democratic socialists who upset establishment Democrats in primaries last night.
—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
24 June 2026
Two of Mamdani’s congressional slate identify as democratic socialists, while Lander has allied himself with the movement in the past.
—
Steve Peoples,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Two of Mamdani's congressional slate identify as democratic socialists, while Lander has often aligned himself with the movement.
—
ABC News,
23 June 2026
Avila Chevalier and Valdez are democratic socialists, like Mamdani.
—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Buddhists, socialists, and epidemiologists would say yes.
—
Sloane Crosley,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
As the vote count continues in the mayor’s race, democratic socialists in Los Angeles already have some wins down-ballot.
—
National Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
We’re cursed with loudmouth, throwback hippie socialists in high places, but Arlington’s a pretty, quiet town bracketed by mountains and made famous by Norman Rockwell, who lived and did his best work here from the 1930s into the ’50s.
—
Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
19 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for socialists
communists
Noun
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What better way to distinguish God-fearing Americans from the godless communists of the Soviet Union than to put God on the money?
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In the years following, Beijing funded or armed fellow communists in Vietnam, North Korea, Burma, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia, causing panic in Washington and other Western capitals as the ideological struggles of the Cold War rippled across Asia.
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