left of center
idiom
: believing that government should be active in supporting social and political change : having liberal views
His political views are slightly left of center.
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Diego Raposo Yo No Era Así Pero de Ahora en Adelante, Sí
The academy doesn’t always pay close attention to what’s flourishing in the underground, but Diego Raposo is the rare producer able to strike a balance between pop that’s just left of center and chaotic, almost manically experimental sounds.
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Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2023
Many Americans who are left of center may finally recognize that Israel has fallen from the ranks of liberal democracies and may abandon the fanciful promise of two states for the goal of a single state that grants equal rights to all its residents.
—Michael Barnett, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2023
The designs are a little bit left of center of the main Fender line.
—Josh Chesler, SPIN, 26 Apr. 2023
The officer arrested him for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, refusing a blood alcohol test and driving left of center.
—Joan Rusek, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2022
The left-handed hitter also went into the upper deck to the left of center in the series opener Monday and again Wednesday — those going 459 and 453 feet.
—Stephen Hawkins, ajc, 16 June 2023
Your Bourdain profile, to take an example, starts somewhat left of center stage with a detailed description of President Barack Obama’s motorcade.
—Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 18 July 2022
Officers say that a 1989 Jaguar was traveling northbound on Ohio 48 near Harrison Road, when the driver failed to negotiate a curve and traveled left of center.
—Briana Rice, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2021
With the label, Sholler intends to spotlight left of center electronic music made by up-and-coming artists along with her own Dark Electronic genre currently coming into greater focus via her Whyte Fang project.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2022
Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2023
Many Americans who are left of center may finally recognize that Israel has fallen from the ranks of liberal democracies and may abandon the fanciful promise of two states for the goal of a single state that grants equal rights to all its residents.
—Michael Barnett, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2023
The designs are a little bit left of center of the main Fender line.
—Josh Chesler, SPIN, 26 Apr. 2023
The officer arrested him for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, refusing a blood alcohol test and driving left of center.
—Joan Rusek, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2022
The left-handed hitter also went into the upper deck to the left of center in the series opener Monday and again Wednesday — those going 459 and 453 feet.
—Stephen Hawkins, ajc, 16 June 2023
Your Bourdain profile, to take an example, starts somewhat left of center stage with a detailed description of President Barack Obama’s motorcade.
—Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 18 July 2022
Officers say that a 1989 Jaguar was traveling northbound on Ohio 48 near Harrison Road, when the driver failed to negotiate a curve and traveled left of center.
—Briana Rice, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2021
With the label, Sholler intends to spotlight left of center electronic music made by up-and-coming artists along with her own Dark Electronic genre currently coming into greater focus via her Whyte Fang project.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2022
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