standpat

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Notably, there was only a single dissent from the FOMC’s standpat decision, from Fed governor Stephen Miran, who has been vociferous in calling for sharp rate reductions.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

By the time she has finished turning over her unsavory material its odor is strong enough to make even a standpat Congressman hold his nose.

From Time Magazine Archive

Zacharias' M.I.T.-sponsored Physical Science Study Committee used a simple principle: it got top university scholars to reinterest themselves in high schools, after decades of leaving such tasks as textbook writing to standpat educationists.

From Time Magazine Archive

Immigration has become a standpat, almost mechanical phenomenon.

From Time Magazine Archive

Henry, you may remember, delivered the Roosevelt valedictory at the Chicago Republican convention in 1912, when he kidded the standpat crowd out of every Republican state in the union but two at the election.

From The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me by White, William Allen