activism
Example Sentences
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But when our philosophy and approach aren’t understood or are flatly rejected, we feel compelled to go public with our activism.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
In many industries, activism can create value by cutting waste, improving governance or forcing management to focus on underperforming assets.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
The Black struggle for voting rights perhaps best exemplifies how Black activism was critical to the formation of the Reconstruction Amendments.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
"What's key about Winifred is that her experience with prejudice, both racial and gendered, is that she factored it into her own activism," says Springer.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
The wave of activism associated with economic justice helped to focus President Kennedy’s attention on poverty and black unemployment.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing activism
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