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radical

[rad-i-kuhl] / ˈræd ɪ kəl /




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That made planting a sequoia an act of radical optimism, something I hadn’t felt in a long time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

There will be, the chancellor told BBC Newscast, a "really radical devolution of powers and resources to local leaders that are often better placed to get beyond the departmental systems."

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

But at the risk of becoming trite, “Paralyzed by Hope” embraces the light that comes with radical honesty.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Their demands vary, but they are united in wanting to make their often marginalised voices heard, sometimes even with radical methods in the face of heavy-handed policing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

This was of course a wild underestimate, but a radical notion nonetheless, and Buffon found himself threatened with excommunication for expressing it.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Berlin is in contact with officials in France and Italy amid fears that radicals from overseas could seek to join the German protests.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

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

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

Neylan originally opposed Sproul’s version of the oath, on the curious grounds that it would simply encourage its targets—the radicals assumed to be swarming over the university—to commit perjury.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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