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conservative

[kuhn-sur-vuh-tiv] / kənˈsɜr və tɪv /




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When financial adviser Liz Windisch sits down with Generation X clients, she finds they consistently seek safety in cash — and they’re passing that conservative instinct down to their children.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

But for a 32-year-old Texas conservative, was it ever really over?

From Salon • May 29, 2026

For the full year, Wall Street projects SLB to grow annual sales about 2%, an outlook that could prove to be conservative if the postconflict scenario materializes sooner rather than later.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, also fought in court to obtain them.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Newton’s culture, it could be argued, was inherently conservative and traditionalist; Newton could not have formulated the idea of a revolution even if he had wanted to.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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