as in liberals
a person with very modern ideas
an ultramodernist in interior decoration, she freely uses materials that are recognizably man-made to achieve a look that enthusiastically embraces the 21st century
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Often, modernists didn’t have a coherent vision of the body so much as a criticism of it.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026 -
But there’s also rare Togo Fireside chairs in a deep tobacco color, the classic Eames lounge chair, and a moody brown Ellison Studios Muse sofa inspired by the Italian modernists of the 1970s.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
25 Feb. 2026
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Tad’s subjects were the moderns.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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These works follow aging revolutionaries who have given up the fight after being forced into hiding or choosing to raise a family; some have simply grown tired of the struggle.—
Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
3 Apr. 2026
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The idea that one generation could not determine the political future of the next was precisely what many revolutionaries, despite their internal differences, had fought against.—
Roxane Razavi,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Ultramodernists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultramodernists. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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