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strident

[strahyd-nt] / ˈstraɪd nt /


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Strident moral positions and overheated rhetoric are features of student activism, which is sometimes effective and at other times purely symbolic; every generation, it’s fair to say, inherits or creates its own iteration.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2024

Strident public protests led to the ouster of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2024

Strident, compressed guitars now underpinned his biggest hits, including another breakup masterpiece with Kelly Clarkson, as well as a string of songs with Pink.

From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2019

Strident speeches are great for rallying the base and energizing the activists who are already on your side, but they tend to turn off the people who are "gettable" but not yet persuaded.

From US News • May 20, 2015

“Deductive reasoning has gone out with the nineteenth century,” says The Strident Voice.

From The Lost Art of Reading by Lee, Gerald Stanley




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