revisionist
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There was real appeal to the sort of revisionist, counterintuitive argument that the administration was making or specifically that Thomas was making.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
“The trouble is that there is scant evidence for this dramatically revisionist view,” he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
“The untruths, mischaracterizations, and revisionist history in your email paint a completely misleading narrative,” Shotwell told the Journal in a statement in 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
It’s a reinvention, a recalibration, a revisionist fever dream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
In her enormously self-serving and revisionist autobiography, she asserted that she agreed to make the film only after Hitler promised to keep Goebbels at bay.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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