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[rad-i-kuhl] / ˈræd ɪ kəl /




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This was a really, really radical argument that the administration presented.

From Slate Aug. 31, 2026

The iconic example of ‘organic architecture,’ constructed as a lodge for weekend getaways, embedded a modern building in the landscape in a radical vision of the way each could enhance the other.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

The radical proposition is not that Girl Scouts tells girls what to think.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

“I don’t think demanding that women and girls be safe and have ownership over their own bodies is a radical idea,” Rodrigo said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Once, the story goes, during who-knows-which revolution, a radical young uncle and his wife showed up at Tía Flor's in the middle of the night wanting asylum.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

But she is surely right that his wealth and “social standing gave the radicals a legitimacy they would not otherwise have had.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

In the 1960s and ’70s, communal radicals and intellectuals such as E.F.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

He insists that his focus is “the war inside Islam” between radicals and Western-aligned Muslim leaders.

From Salon Apr. 22, 2026

No one would accuse them of being radicals.

From Slate Mar. 25, 2026

Students gathered at lunchtime in front of Low Library at Columbia or on Sproul Plaza at Berkeley to hear student radicals claim their union with ‘the people.’

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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