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populist

[pop-yuh-list] / ˈpɒp jə lɪst /


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

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Tucker, the Democratic candidate for agriculture commissioner, is a fifth-generation Texan who ties his campaign to Texas’ populist movement and focuses on issues that receive the most petition signatures on his website.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

During a debate about New Zealand's response to the Covid pandemic on Wednesday, populist NZ First leader Peters was asked by China-born Green Party member Lawrence Xu-Nan: "Are you vaccinated?"

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

In some large counties, Jackson won every delegate at stake as a plurality of convention attendees simply voted for the populist Democrat’s slate.

From Slate Jul. 24, 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

Both men ran as populists, promising to challenge the establishment and deliver economic revival.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2025

These shamanistic masks have long been a mainstay of populists.

From Salon Mar. 17, 2025

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

From Seattle Times Aug. 12, 2023

How glib would have been the tongues of their orators in denouncing all who advocated the remonetization of gold as cranks, socialists, populists, anarchists, ne’er-do-wells, and Adullamites, kickers, visionaries, and frauds!

From If Not Silver, What? by John W. Bookwalter




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