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[rad-i-kuhl] / ˈræd ɪ kəl /




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As if releasing a pro-stealing film in a very anti-theft corporate culture weren’t ballsy enough, radical filmmaker Boots Riley grabs everything from the kitchen sink and tosses it into the blender for “I Love Boosters.”

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

These questions inform the emergence of space-time itself and radical new proposals that treat it as the universe’s memory.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

In his view, “no phrase could have been more radical, more momentous.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Another radical departure from precedent was the participation of Arthur Burns, the chair of the ostensibly independent Federal Reserve, in the crafting of Nixon’s shock therapy program.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Arrogant and humble at the same time, the radical, fearless nun and her fellow sisters were the most committed individuals Farmer had ever met.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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