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extremist

[ik-stree-mist] / ɪkˈstri mɪst /
NOUN
person zealous about a belief
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STRONGEST


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“If there is extremist content, the algorithm will just feed you more and more and more,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Another U.S. goal is to aggressively counter anti-American propaganda by Islamist extremist groups, which the administration says have been driven from strongholds in the Middle East and are “exploiting the ungoverned spaces” across Africa.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Nigeria and the US have increased military cooperation as the country ramps up efforts to fight extremist violence.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

The federal indictment, which charges the nonprofit with wire fraud, false statements and conspiracy to conceal money laundering, alleges that the Montgomery, Ala.-based group paid hefty sums to “informants” supposedly operating inside extremist groups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The pacificator, however, had to face two groups of irreconcilables, the Bishop of Toronto with his extremist following, and the secularizing party resolute to have done with any form of subsidy to religion.

From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by Morison, J. L. (John Lyle)




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