revolutionary
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It was a revolutionary ruling at the time.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
The late Gordon Wood, the preeminent scholar of the revolutionary period, explained that there was no common lineage, even at the nation’s founding.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
"When ChatGPT came out, people were shocked. It's very disruptive, very revolutionary," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
But it is also a revolutionary state, sustained since 1979 by ideological conviction as much as calculation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The most tangible and enduring antislavery effects of the revolutionary mentality occurred in the northern states during and immediately after the war.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
He felt the same about his perch at the University of London; it wasn’t Oxford or Cambridge but, as he observed, “even revolutionaries like to be in a suitable tradition.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"They'd love to humiliate the Castros and get one of the original revolutionaries from 1959 behind bars. But the strategic value of that is questionable."
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
After starring in the Oscar-winning “One Battle After Another” as the daughter of revolutionaries, Chase Infiniti is poised to lead another revolution in “The Testaments.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
At this year's awards, held on March 15, Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" -- a wild tale of leftist revolutionaries, white supremacists and immigrant detention centers -- was crowned as best picture.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
Getting used to hard conditions is good for revolutionaries.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
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