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politician

[pol-i-tish-uhn] / ˌpɒl ɪˈtɪʃ ən /


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The politician secured a greyhound racing ban, more money for childcare and discount bus travel in 2025's round of budget talks.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

The politician in question is former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who wrote an op-ed in The Times of London titled “To save the West, remember what Romans taught us.”

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

It tells the story of one politician after another and how they’ve embraced the thinking here.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

The politician started his meteoric rise demanding the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Communist Hungary in 1989 with the call “Russians Go Home!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Sometimes the omission is ethically questionable, as when the sidestepping politician admits only that “mistakes were made,” omitting the phrase with by that would identify who made those mistakes.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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