activism
Example Sentences
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When activism pushes drugmakers to focus on the near term, the cost may show up not in next quarter’s earnings report, but in the medicines that never get discovered.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Max Moran, a 23-year-old across the Ohio state line in Germantown, Kentucky, who shares activism tips with Sharp and Baker in their Facebook messaging group, said he hasn’t used chatbots much for his research.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
In the Hungarian countryside, activism often comes at a price, some dearer than others, as campaigners in Jaszfenyszaru can attest.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
"It was someone that was at the rallies doing activism and speaking loud for people defending our rights."
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
In the 1950s and 1960s, civil rights activism and new federal laws inspired the same resistance to racial progress and once again led to a spike in the use of Confederate imagery.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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