How to Use centrist in a Sentence

centrist

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  • The candidate hopes to appeal to centrists nationwide.
  • Trump is not a centrist in the sense of one who unites the parties.
    — Kyle Sammin, Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Joe Manchin, of course, is flirting with a run, a run as a centrist backed by No Labels.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Progressives clash with centrists over the scope and speed of the changes needed to address the country’s ills.
    — Michael Bobelian, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
  • And in two years, centrist Yair Lapid, will take the position as part of an agreement.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 15 June 2021
  • Will the idealists who backed left-wing populism grit their teeth and vote for a centrist (Macron)?
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 15 Apr. 2022
  • In two years, he'll be replaced by Yair Lapid, leader of centrist Yesh Atid.
    — Fox News, 22 June 2021
  • The 44-year-old centrist becomes the first incumbent to win a second term since Jacques Chirac two decades ago.
    — Fortune, 24 Apr. 2022
  • And that was part of the problem for centrist-leaning members in this year's elections.
    — Kerry Picket, Washington Examiner, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Other centrists on the right and the left would also need to back a Bertrand candidacy.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune Europe, 9 July 2024
  • Macron, a pro-European centrist, emerged ahead from the April 10 first round and is leading in opinion polls.
    — Sylvie Corbet, ajc, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Casten is more of a centrist while Newman is more of a liberal.
    — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 28 June 2022
  • All the same, Gonez has tried to position herself as a centrist who can work with both factions.
    — Howard Blume Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Like Dowd, Collier is a 60-year-old white man who identifies as a centrist.
    — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2021
  • At least in the short term, Lapid, a centrist, will be Israel’s point man on repairs to the tattered relationship with Biden and the Democrats.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2021
  • At least in the short term, Lapid, a centrist, will be Israel's point man on repairs to the tattered relationship with Biden and the Democrats.
    — Laurie Kellman, USA TODAY, 28 June 2021
  • Mayorkas had honed a public image that was well suited for the moment—a centrist with a heart.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Seen as a centrist willing to make deals with Democrats, President Joe-Biden.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Jan. 2021
  • More than 90% of Israelis who identify as left-wing, two-thirds of centrists and about half of those on the right said the government lacks a plan.
    — Eric Sylvers, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The centrist is Yair Lapid, a former television talk-show host, who founded the Yesh Atid party in 2012.
    — The Economist, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Samuels ran as a centrist who challenged her on policing issues.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022
  • His claim to be a centrist is verifiable, logical and clear for all to see.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The film cuts to the right-centrist soon-to-be president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing careening clownishly on skis, in a race bib.
    — Rachel Kushner, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • Gantz’s move immediately led to the breakup of his centrist Blue and White party.
    — Isabel Kershner, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2020
  • Although the votes are not all yet counted, Likud is projected to win 36 seats, ahead of the rival centrist Blue and White party’s 32 seats.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Gareth Southgate, the English manager, is a centrist, down to his zip-neck polo shirts.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Macron, a centrist, is asking France's 48 million voters for a second five-year term.
    — Fox News, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The extinction of the centrist from both parties in the chamber hasn't completely played itself out quite yet.
    — Salena Zito, Washington Examiner, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Thus, being a centrist requires a willingness to admit that all wisdom does not reside on one side of the spectrum.
    — Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
  • Golden is one of the few remaining Democrats who won a district that was pulled by former President Donald Trump in 2020, casting himself as a centrist.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Sep. 2024

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