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The recent rightward shift among young men, who helped Donald Trump clinch the Presidency, has only intensified the urgency of the search for answers.
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Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
But now, as the rightward shift of Latino voters has swept a record number of Republican Latino lawmakers into the Capitol — there are now nine who have formed their own caucus — the debate has been resurrected.
—Mike Madrid, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
The new direction envisioned for The Post’s opinion section appears to be a rightward shift for the paper.
—Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Pompeo's arrival at Columbia comes as the second Trump administration marks a rightward shift across much of the country.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
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Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
But now, as the rightward shift of Latino voters has swept a record number of Republican Latino lawmakers into the Capitol — there are now nine who have formed their own caucus — the debate has been resurrected.
—Mike Madrid, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
The new direction envisioned for The Post’s opinion section appears to be a rightward shift for the paper.
—Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Pompeo's arrival at Columbia comes as the second Trump administration marks a rightward shift across much of the country.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Rightward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rightward. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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rightward
adjective or adverb
right·ward
ˈrīt-wərd 
: toward, at, or to the right
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