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communism

[kom-yuh-niz-uhm] / ˈkɒm yəˌnɪz əm /


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He shifted his rhetoric, appealing to nationalist and religious sentiments, long suppressed under communism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Former conservative commentator Steve Hilton said his family had a small farm in Hungary, which they fled because of communism.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The author emphasizes that by the 1950s, approximately 90% of Cuba’s mines were owned by U.S. companies, demonstrating a longstanding pattern of American economic domination that predated the rise of Fidel Castro and communism.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

The essay was published in 1978 during the nadir of Czechoslovak communism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

It doesn’t even have to be an important or hard word, like amnesty or communism, but something easy, like salt or butter or sky or star.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez




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