social democrat

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Noun
  • Jeremy Corbyn, the septuagenarian British leftist, who had already arrived in Havana by plane, met with high-ranking Communist Party officials in the presidential palace.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Melton’s Austin starts as a baby leftist crying over a dead bee, then becomes torn between the authentic Korean cultural education Chairwoman Park claims to offer him and the increasingly ambitious Ashley, who wants to leverage Austin’s heritage for her own personal gain.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • For pools with a light colored bottom, neon pink and orange were the most visible in calm and agitated waters.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 1 May 2026
  • For women over 40 looking for the perfect bold crimson or angelic pink, the color payoff is professional-grade, delivering long-lasting saturation that remains nondrying throughout the day.
    Micaela English, Glamour, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Then Cash made another surprising move by leaving Vilade in to hit against Gaddis rather than pinch-hitting lefty Jake Fraley, and that also paid off when Vilade delivered an RBI single up the middle.
    Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The veteran lefty will make at least two more rehab starts, with his next coming on Thursday.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In that 1945 to 1985 period, there was very little overlap in the economies, technologies, or communications of the communist and the capitalist worlds.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Apr. 2026
  • What, are you being brainwashed by communists?
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, a devout socialist and one of the most vocal opponents of the Pentagon’s Operation Epic Fury in Iran, brushed off the threat of being removed from the alliance.
    Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2026
  • He was later pardoned and won election for president as a socialist in 1999.
    CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Social democrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/social%20democrat. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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