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conservative

[kuhn-sur-vuh-tiv] / kənˈsɜr və tɪv /




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McDermott told MarketWatch that the new outlook could be conservative.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Ten days after Peruvians voted in the first round, it is still not known who will face off conservative frontrunner Keiko Fujimori in June's runoff.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Stan Veuger, an economist at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said the administration’s position relies on what’s known as the lump-of-labor fallacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

It’s also united an unusual coalition representing conservative talk radio hosts, immigrant communities and rural workers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Conversely, it also befell the stubborn, conservative Greenland Norse farmers, replaced by Eskimo hunter-gatherers whose subsistence methods and technology were far superior to those of the Norse under Greenland conditions.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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