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conservative

[kuhn-sur-vuh-tiv] / kənˈsɜr və tɪv /




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It remains a sensitive issue within Saudi Arabia’s large, conservative society and is likely to happen incrementally and with little fanfare.

From The Wall Street Journal

For the older, rural, more conservative parts of the population, the replacement of the Bulgarian lev by the euro provokes fear and resentment.

From BBC

Even some of the country’s leading conservatives have vowed to hear out the demonstrators.

From The Wall Street Journal

The estimate is conservative, the analysts add, and covers only a three-month pause in operations.

From The Wall Street Journal

What solutions are lawmakers representing conservative rural districts in the state’s rugged northern reaches pushing forward?

From Los Angeles Times