populist

Example Sentences

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With lavish parties, expensive food and top artists and musicians, Coachella 2014 is outsized but still hangs on to some of its populist vibe.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

As president the populist Mr. Uribe talked about his vision for a “communitarian state.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

It was a major cultural change for someone who had come up on the British populist right, as the restaurant attracted patrons interested in blockchain and not just in Brexit.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

Mojtaba's name first entered the public spotlight during the 2005 presidential election, which resulted in the victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a populist hardliner.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

The tumult of 1848—the bloody populist revolutions that swept fiercely through France, Denmark, Germany, and Austria and overturned social, political, and religious orders—largely passed him by, like distant thunder.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee