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populist

[pop-yuh-list] / ˈpɒp jə lɪst /


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Serbia's long-time populist President Aleksandar Vucic resigned Sunday to run for prime minister in October snap elections after nearly two years of student-led protests that had been pressing for just such a poll.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Synthetic yet organic, populist yet elitist, the $1 billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is full of contradictions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

"Shortsighted or populist reactions to underlying business challenges are not the answer," Ashley said in the letter.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

She came to national prominence in 2009 as leader of the fledgling, populist Wildrose Party and turned it into a challenger to the Progressive Conservatives, who had governed Alberta since 1971.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Indeed, it is possible to date the chasm that was to develop between the populist mainstream and the classical avant-garde in music to this place and time.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Macron, who attended the country’s top schools, “has become the embodiment of everything populists hate,” said Olivier Costa, a research professor at the Paris-based Sciences Po university and France’s National Center for Scientific Research.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

These shamanistic masks have long been a mainstay of populists.

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2025

Interior Minister Nancy Faeser warned "extremists and populists are stirring up a climate of increasing violence".

From BBC ● May 4, 2024

In the first round, Torres’ competition came mostly from other conservative populists.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2023

Yes," said Lyman, "but our friends, the populists, have enacted rather peculiar divorce laws.

From Old Ebenezer by Opie Percival Read




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