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traditionalist

[truh-dish-uhn-uhl-ist] / trəˈdɪʃ ən əl ɪst /




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You ever go through a cranky traditionalist phase?

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2025

As a stock-and-bond traditionalist who hasn’t yet used the firm’s services, I have questions.

From Barron's Nov. 14, 2025

And since I’ve never been much of a traditionalist, I stirred in a few teaspoons of white miso.

From Salon Nov. 12, 2025

Vassiliadis, who became a close friend, described Ralenkotter as a traditionalist: good family man, devout Catholic, not a gambler himself; even in their last conversation, Vassiliadis noted, Ralenkotter was still griping about baseball’s designated-hitter rule.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

I was a traditionalist and Barack was not.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

For years, soccer traditionalists worried a halftime show would unnecessarily “Americanize” the tournament.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

The field would be watered down, the traditionalists protested.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2026

Pro gambler James Holzhauer in 2019 rattled “Jeopardy!” traditionalists by hopping around the board to maximize his money.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 2026

He has repaired some of the rifts from Francis’ conflict with the traditionalists, and many conservative Catholics have taken a wait-and-see view in the new era.

From Slate Apr. 15, 2026

To many traditionalists, Plato included, the age of the written word necessarily meant the end of a craft of oral transmission that had long nourished the Greek mind.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro




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