secessionist
Example Sentences
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But the 66-year-old, known for his secessionist threats, eventually accepted the decision and allowed the snap poll to be held.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
He is wrestling with a growing secessionist movement in the oil-rich province of Alberta.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
Those familiar with Mr Dodik’s regular secessionist outbursts rolled their eyes.
From BBC • May 23, 2024
The battle cry of the Confederacy resounded a long way from its home, but throughout the Civil War, you could hear it in secessionist hangouts like the old Bella Union Hotel.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2024
Madison’s prudent and silent intervention rescued Jefferson from the secessionist implications of his revolutionary principles and artfully concealed the huge discrepancy between their respective views of the Constitution.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
