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populist

[pop-yuh-list] / ˈpɒp jə lɪst /


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Synthetic yet organic, populist yet elitist, the $1 billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is full of contradictions.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

"Shortsighted or populist reactions to underlying business challenges are not the answer," Ashley said in the letter.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Tucker, the Democratic candidate for agriculture commissioner, is a fifth-generation Texan who ties his campaign to Texas’ populist movement and focuses on issues that receive the most petition signatures on his website.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

During a debate about New Zealand's response to the Covid pandemic on Wednesday, populist NZ First leader Peters was asked by China-born Green Party member Lawrence Xu-Nan: "Are you vaccinated?"

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

For a good part of the eighteenth and all of the nineteenth century, the populist, light, tuneful Italian style of opera was what most people went to an opera house for.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Macron, who attended the country’s top schools, “has become the embodiment of everything populists hate,” said Olivier Costa, a research professor at the Paris-based Sciences Po university and France’s National Center for Scientific Research.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

These shamanistic masks have long been a mainstay of populists.

From Salon Mar. 17, 2025

Still, opera populists are trying and appear to be making progress.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 19, 2024

In the first round, Torres’ competition came mostly from other conservative populists.

From Seattle Times Aug. 12, 2023

Thus we see the growth of labour organisations, and the spread of populists and socialists, who demand new rights and a greater share in the products of labour.

From Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy by David Grayson




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