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a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are
proposed legislation that was opposed by conservatives throughout the state
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Recent Examples of conservatives
For The Times) The Supreme Court upheld states’ ability to count mail ballots postmarked by election day but arriving later, which conservatives have argued slows vote counting but liberals defend as expanding voter access.
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Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
Giving the president more direct control over who serves on those bodies has long been a goal of conservatives, who have objected to unelected bureaucrats wielding too much power with little accountability.
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Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
29 June 2026
The gathering of religious conservatives at the Washington Hilton is one of the earliest temperature checks of likely GOP primary voters before the 2028 election cycle begins.
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Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2026
As a result, the far right has polarized what should be a nuanced debate, in much the same way that some American conservatives turned masking into a form of political sorting.
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Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
Texas, which educates roughly 1 in 10 of the nation's public school students, has been at the forefront of a charge by conservatives to incorporate more religion into classrooms.
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Jamie Stengle,
Arkansas Online,
27 June 2026
Alito and the other conservatives managed not to hear any of that.
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Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
26 June 2026
The last one is how inflation has always been defined, but do conservatives agree?
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John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
Giving the president more direct control over who serves on those bodies has long been a goal of conservatives, who have objected to unelected bureaucrats wielding too much power with little accountability.
—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
29 June 2026
The gathering of religious conservatives at the Washington Hilton is one of the earliest temperature checks of likely GOP primary voters before the 2028 election cycle begins.
—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2026
As a result, the far right has polarized what should be a nuanced debate, in much the same way that some American conservatives turned masking into a form of political sorting.
—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
Texas, which educates roughly 1 in 10 of the nation's public school students, has been at the forefront of a charge by conservatives to incorporate more religion into classrooms.
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Jamie Stengle,
Arkansas Online,
27 June 2026
Alito and the other conservatives managed not to hear any of that.
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Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
26 June 2026
The last one is how inflation has always been defined, but do conservatives agree?
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John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conservatives
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That is, rightists who oppose aid to Ukraine tend to be skeptical of Israel and at least open to having anti-Semites in the Republican coalition.
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Historians have pointed to Hodge’s early support of reactionary rightists, including industrialists, landlords, and businessmen—people who were associated with Japanese rule.
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Bass’ absence from the city soon caught the eye of right-wingers, with Spencer Pratt, who ran against her in the nonpartisan primary election, and Steve Hilton, who is running for governor, among those critiquing her.
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Gratified right-wingers closely examined the charges and pointed to the prosecution as validation of their belief that conservative Christians across America are being oppressed by violent left-leaning protesters.
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In Billings, Montana, Rand's Custom Hats has spent more than five decades handcrafting custom hats, building a reputation among rodeo athletes and local traditionalists, with each piece made largely by one hatter from start to finish.
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Still, many traditionalists don’t believe robotic elephants belong in temples.
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The UConn Foundation will be looking for naming-rights revenue opportunities for the fields, which will allow the team to work outdoors more often.
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Carlson opted to test free agency and signed a two-year deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning after the Ducks dealt his rights to the Carolina Hurricanes.
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Radicals such as Sumner also warned, presciently, that the Fifteenth Amendment did not go far enough, and that its flaws would ultimately allow anti-Black reactionaries to undermine its purpose.
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Like Curtis Yarvin and other neo-reactionaries, Land abhors democracy.
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“Conservatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conservatives. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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