populist
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Many of these initiatives were popular, but that didn’t make them populist.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
"He has shaped the image of the first populist president, the first acclaimed strongman of the 21st Century."
From BBC • May 30, 2026
As Capp explains, "This was a sort of populist political gesture, essentially inviting the moral support of the crowd."
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
The possibility of a populist backlash is especially relevant currently, given that the share of national income going to labor is now at an all-time low.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
The bond market, because it consisted mainly of big institutional investors, experienced no similarly populist political pressure.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing populist
We the People: Popul
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