populist
Example Sentences
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What angered Scots-Irish Americans most was elite condescension, which aroused the populist uprising that put Jackson in the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Three populist parties are also in the running and opinion polls see them garnering around 19 percent of the vote.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 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 bond market, because it consisted mainly of big institutional investors, experienced no similarly populist political pressure.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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