as in liberalism
a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom
the left wing has lost considerable influence in the party, which is now aggressively courting political moderates
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Recent Examples of left wing
The 17-year-old left wing, who is widely believed to be the front-runner to be selected first overall in the 2026 NHL Draft, is coming off a 129-point regular season with the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers.
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Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
This seems foolhardy and seems misguided, mainly because there is a perception among a handful of people that this is somehow a blue or a left wing thing when this is the place that for 32 years gave William F. Buckley a show.
—CBS News, 6 July 2025
Captain Reece James opened the scoring in the 64th minute with a brilliant free kick from the left wing — a low, curling strike that slipped inside the near post past Trubin, who left just enough of a window exposed.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2025
Notably, Mamdani made no effort to distance himself from the left wing of his party, which has struggled to repair its image in the wake of former Vice President Kamala Harris’s loss in November.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 25 June 2025
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Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
This seems foolhardy and seems misguided, mainly because there is a perception among a handful of people that this is somehow a blue or a left wing thing when this is the place that for 32 years gave William F. Buckley a show.
—CBS News, 6 July 2025
Captain Reece James opened the scoring in the 64th minute with a brilliant free kick from the left wing — a low, curling strike that slipped inside the near post past Trubin, who left just enough of a window exposed.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2025
Notably, Mamdani made no effort to distance himself from the left wing of his party, which has struggled to repair its image in the wake of former Vice President Kamala Harris’s loss in November.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for left wing
Noun
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But his defense of liberalism, which rejects considerations of what anyone deserves, is in some ways more radical than many flashier schools of thought.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
15 July 2025
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But no voter was making their 2028 decisions yet, and some South Carolina Democrats were acutely aware that Newsom epitomizes the liberalism that southern Republicans use as a foil.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Critics on the left have been questioning the value of the institution for much longer, albeit from a different angle and with less venom than Tate.—
Brad Wilcox,
The Atlantic,
29 July 2025
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Madueke is a right-sided winger who will provide depth behind Bukayo Saka and is also capable of playing on the left.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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“Left wing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/left%20wing. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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