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noun

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Recent Examples of neoconservative
Adjective
Those twenty-five years or so were the apex of Washington Consensus conservatism, of neoconservative interventions abroad and neoliberal economic policy at home. Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026 Bannon has used the term globalists to refer to Silicon Valley elites, media executives, neoconservative foreign-policy hawks, proponents of lightly regulated global markets, and Jared Kushner. Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
Senor and Stephens are neoconservatives who hardly needed to be convinced that the members of progressive movements were not friends of the Jewish people. Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 Moreover, during the Iraq war, the Jewish community could effectively argue that framing the conflict as a Jewish neocon conspiracy was baseless, even as some neoconservatives influenced policy. Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for neoconservative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neoconservative
Adjective
  • Since then, McCarthy has had to tread somewhat lightly between the ultraright caucus and the rest of his party.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Because Jesuits often sided with El Salvador’s poor and some kept records of human rights violations, they were hated by the country’s ultraright.
    New York Times, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2021
Noun
  • Moreover, during the Iraq war, the Jewish community could effectively argue that framing the conflict as a Jewish neocon conspiracy was baseless, even as some neoconservatives influenced policy.
    Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The former leftists who dreamed of spreading democracy at the barrel of a gun, after all, were only one part of the neocon movement.
    Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • That leaves Shapiro—an Orthodox Jew and staunch Zionist—in a tough spot.
    Emily Tamkin, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026
  • The public is warming up to nuclear, too – after decades of staunch opposition, a 2024 survey commissioned by the Energy Department found that more than 70% of Filipinos trust nuclear power as a reliable source of electricity, and many support rehabilitating the BNPP.
    Lorela U. Sandoval, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2026
Adjective
  • In the months after Assad’s fall in Syria, there were several eruptions of violence between groups loyal and opposed to al-Sharaa that spiraled into sectarian revenge attacks, in which Sunni Islamist fighters affiliated with the new government carried out attacks on Alawite and Druze civilians.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 June 2026
  • Why, after all, did the feudal lords of the South, loyal to Church and throne, throw off the royal yoke to join the Revolution?
    James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Adjective
  • The Federal Reserve’s steadfast period of low interest rates in the 2000s was criticized as contributing to a housing bubble in the 2000s, followed by the mortgage crisis of 2007 and the Great Recession the following year.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 22 June 2026
  • With the almighty Sun highlighting your 7th House of Partnership, commitments benefit from structure that includes realistic timelines and steadfast follow-through.
    Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026
Adjective
  • This color is rarely found in nature because few organisms can create the true-blue pigment.
    Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
  • With flowers blooming summer through fall in vivid true-blue hues, dwarf morning-glory invigorates sunny planting beds.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
Adjective
  • Handing the follow-up to her, and her faithful floating dog Krypto, strikes me as an extremely natural next step.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • Austin Sumter, a faithful reader of this newsletter.
    Adam Beam, AJC.com, 23 June 2026
Adjective
  • Instead of demanding personal fealty or humiliating them to assert personal dominance, Lincoln absorbed their egos and occasional slights, elevating their talents and turning his fiercest political adversaries into his most devoted champions.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • The business began as a ghost kitchen inside Oak Street Eats before growing a devoted following through social media.
    Kaitlyn Harvey, AJC.com, 24 June 2026

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“Neoconservative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neoconservative. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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