subversions

plural of subversion

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of subversions The full-shearling texture and whimsical proportions are signature ERL — a brand known for its playful subversions of everyday silhouettes. Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025 Such subversions can be seen as the story pivots from one twist to another and one surprise to the next. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subversions
Noun
  • The president can also legally invoke the military under the Insurrection Act, which allows troops to be deployed in order to curb insurrections.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • She’s been shaped by migrations, conquests, philosophies, and rebellions.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • And rebellions, by nature, come in all forms.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Because of the revolts, Compton says, drumming and African spiritual practices were eventually criminalized in the colonies.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The Russian Empire would also crush revolts organized by the Crimean Tatars, which saw Russia gain control over the peninsula.
    Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Just as past technological revolutions redefined work – from the mechanization of farming to the rise of industrial factories – AI is reshaping the task structure of modern employment.
    Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The drone revolutions In the early 2000s, Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Armed Forces had no experience with drone technology.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The riot in Milwaukee, one of scores of uprisings around the United States during the summer of 1967, triggered a citywide lockdown, brought the National Guard — and laid bare the city's racial divide.
    Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The Dalai Lama has been the key figure quelling violence when grassroots dissatisfaction has escalated into episodic uprisings in Tibet.
    Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Subversions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subversions. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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