affirmative
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“We need to see an affirmative commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon and they will not seek the tools that will enable them to quickly achieve a nuclear weapon,” he said.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
Congress made the affirmative decision to broaden its grant of birthright citizenship from the earlier statute.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
“He needed to focus his energy on the civil rights initiative, and affirmative action was a much bigger deal,” said Haru.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
While diversity programs have gone by a variety of names over the decades — nondiscrimination, affirmative action, DEI — they all trace their roots to the Civil Rights Movement, which lasted from 1954 to 1968.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026
In the late 1960s nonwhite Americans clamored for access to higher education, and I became a principal beneficiary of the academy’s response, its programs of affirmative action.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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