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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle-of-the-roadism
Noun
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The intrigue: Willingness to make sacrifices for a win seems tied to past success.—
Christine Clarridge,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025 -
Part of that love is to offer prayers and sacrifices for him.—
Alexandra Koch,
Fox News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Their reasons seem to be more about frugality and security than fear of technology failures.—
Larry Light,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Rattigan says that frugality and a commitment to lean operations help to keep tuition costs low.—
Kerry McDonald,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Whetstone said the power was with the poster and encouraged her mother to be remorseful, express mortification with her actions and work to make amends.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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Blanding is suing for damages such as stress, humiliation, embarrassment, outrage, mental anguish, fear and mortification, as well as emotional, economic and non-economic damages.—
Charmaine Patterson,
People.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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The bout of asceticism didn’t deter her from finishing a quarter of the album, however.—
Arimeta Diop,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2025
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Louise tells tales of drunkenness, asceticism, death.—
Hervé Guibert,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Nov. 2024
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But the biblical term for self-denial – inui – has another meaning.—
Rabbi Avi Weiss,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Oct. 2024
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The Ford Focus Electric, with its appealing, Euro-hatchback lines, lacks the frumpy feel of self-denial often associated with electric cars.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Mar. 2012
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The program was canceled by former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as part of his broad austerity measures.—
Whitney Eulich,
The Christian Science Monitor,
27 Jan. 2025
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Medicaid directors have been bracing for austerity moves.—
Maya Goldman,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The training not only hones physical skills but also instills self-discipline and a foundation for personal growth.—
Leafy Yun Ye,
NPR,
3 Feb. 2025
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The self-discipline, nurturance, and confidence required to build a trusting relationship with their equine partner gave them new physical and emotional strength and enabled them to embody the ideal of white womanhood: middle-class, self-controlled, and maternal.—
Rebecca Scofield / Made by History,
TIME,
21 Jan. 2025
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Changes in legislation last year outlawed the use of face down prone restraints on students and resulted in several police departments to suspend its school officer agreements and remove officers from campuses.—
Jacqueline Devine,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Family buyers should keep in mind that while both seat seven or eight, middle seats don’t have head rest or restraints and are better for shorter passengers, whose heads don’t rise above the seat back.—
Scotty Reiss,
Parents,
6 Feb. 2025
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