revolutionary
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The Oakland-based musician and filmmaker smuggles revolutionary ideas into his latest movie, an absurdist candy-colored romp about shoplifting and workers’ rights.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
In 2024, computer scientist Sir Demis Hassabis shared the Nobel prize for Chemistry for "revolutionary" work on proteins, the building blocks of life.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
City Hall’s revolutionary idea was that cops should prevent crime, not solve it after it happened.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
"That was about respecting your place in society, but in the revolutionary 1640s and 1650s, hat-honor became a real gesture of defiance in the political sphere."
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
Just as the technological features of the two ships were revolutionary, so too was the nature of the food supplies.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing revolutionary
"On the Vietnam War, 1967," Vocabulary from the speech
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John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
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One Crazy Summer
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