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leftist

[lef-tist] / ˈlɛf tɪst /


ADJECTIVE
left-wing
Synonyms


NOUN
left-winger
Synonyms




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Around this time, the actress Olivia Wilde has said, Mr. Jagger was a sometime dinner guest at the Washington home where she grew up with her parents, the leftist journalists Andrew and Leslie Cockburn.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Having unsuccessfully run for president three times, she won with 50.135 percent of the vote over leftist rival Roberto Sanchez's 49.865 percent on her fourth try.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Its leaders have tried to avoid openly escalating the conflict, framing leftist gains as local phenomena.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

With more than 98% of the votes counted in Sunday’s runoff election, she overtook her leftist opponent, Roberto Sánchez, with 50.002% support—a difference of just a few hundred votes out of nearly 20 million cast.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

He was a leftist leader, and he was afire with the most uncontrollable passion: justice.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

Mr. Burke’s chapters on the alliance between the Palestinian groups and West German leftists such as the Red Army Faction are especially strong.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 20, 2026

Sheinbaum earlier attended a memorial for Martínez, whom she lauded as an inspiration for generations of Mexican women and leftists.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2024

"Some leftists will vote for them," said Mr Kiszczyc, 69, who emigrated to Michigan from Poland in the 1980s.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2024

Ivens was a real filmmaker, and his movie “The Spanish Earth,” released in 1937, was a real cause célèbre among leftists and artists.

From New York Times Nov. 30, 2023

Driving out the Turks to gain national independence in 1878 is remembered, as is the abortive uprising of the leftists against the government in September 1923.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.




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