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Political chameleon The growing acceptability of the European far right coincides with a rightward shift in Israel.
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Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Sure, some corporate honchos were weary of activist demands and welcomed the rightward shift.
—Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
With this necessary diplomacy in mind, CDU leader Friedrich Merz has tried to balance the public’s passion for a rightward political change with rhetoric that doesn’t alienate the SDP or the Greens.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Feb. 2025
The recent rightward shift among young men, who helped Donald Trump clinch the Presidency, has only intensified the urgency of the search for answers.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
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Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Sure, some corporate honchos were weary of activist demands and welcomed the rightward shift.
—Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
With this necessary diplomacy in mind, CDU leader Friedrich Merz has tried to balance the public’s passion for a rightward political change with rhetoric that doesn’t alienate the SDP or the Greens.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Feb. 2025
The recent rightward shift among young men, who helped Donald Trump clinch the Presidency, has only intensified the urgency of the search for answers.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Rightward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rightward. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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rightward
adjective or adverb
right·ward
ˈrīt-wərd 
: toward, at, or to the right
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