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Recent Examples of unreconstructed
Thousands of anticommunist agitators, professional patriots, and unreconstructed confederates gathered to protest and disrupt.
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Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Walton remained an unreconstructed hippie the rest of his life.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2024
The most direct criticism of Peltz came from Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a management professor at Yale who is an unreconstructed fan of Iger’s.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Katznelson does not spare the reader the vivid, revolting details of the unreconstructed bigotry of many southern Democrats toward African Americans.
—Taeku Lee, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2013
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Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Walton remained an unreconstructed hippie the rest of his life.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2024
The most direct criticism of Peltz came from Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a management professor at Yale who is an unreconstructed fan of Iger’s.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Katznelson does not spare the reader the vivid, revolting details of the unreconstructed bigotry of many southern Democrats toward African Americans.
—Taeku Lee, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreconstructed
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This is a generational response to a workplace environment and sociopolitical climate where chronic stress has become baseline and where terms like quiet cracking—persistent disengagement without resignation—have entered the HR lexicon.—
Jasmine Browley,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The combination of higher mortgage rates, years of skyrocketing home prices and a chronic shortage of homes nationally following more than a decade of below-average home construction have left many aspiring homeowners priced out of the market.—
Alex Veiga,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But the Coop had one thing that failed cooperatives didn’t: Joe Holtz, a gregarious 22-year-old from Sheepshead Bay with a mind for numbers and an incorrigible idealism.—
The Editors,
Curbed,
15 Dec. 2025
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Mary Roy, too, married to flee violence—her father, a civil servant under the British, beat his wife and whipped his children—only to find that her husband was an incorrigible drunk.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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Their studies of migration patterns of 48 Atlantic great white sharks indicate that these animals are habitual, using the same sites each year.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, habitual exposure to brighter, more regular daytime light – consistency across the week – is thought to strengthen circadian rhythms and support better sleep–wake cycles.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Jan. 2026
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Chris Matthews, the inveterate Washington insider and analyst, joins us to talk about the state of politics and the press.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
5 Dec. 2025
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The La Mancha manor home’s namesake, Josie, (real name is José Fernández-Pacheco) is an inveterate aesthete who is best known to Spanish television audiences as a presenter extraordinaire.—
Maite Sebastiá,
Architectural Digest,
4 Oct. 2025
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The paper noted that over 100 searches had been conducted on Mount Baldy, with 14 confirmed deaths, since 2020.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
30 Dec. 2025
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There are no confirmed reports of illnesses associated with the recall.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
25 Nov. 2025
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This shift won’t only make unregenerate oil producers richer.—
Walter Russell Mead,
WSJ,
18 Oct. 2021
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One stalks about the room like a criminal imprisoned, unregenerate, incorrigible.—
Patricia Highsmith,
The New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2021
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The rapper, who lost his left eye to congenital glaucoma, will be supervised by the Bureau of Prisons’ Philadelphia Residential Reentry Management Office during his community confinement, a BOP spokesman told USA Today.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
8 Jan. 2026
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This can affect fetal and infant health development, potentially resulting in premature birth, low birth weight and a higher risk of congenital anomalies, the report said.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
4 Jan. 2026
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Plagued by inconsistent play, UALR finished the regular season 19-32 overall and 8-16 in conference play.—
Michael Harley,
Arkansas Online,
21 Jan. 2026
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However, regular consumption of deli meats is linked to high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Unreconstructed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreconstructed. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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