How to Use conservatism in a Sentence

conservatism

noun
  • Ladies and gentlemen, this is not American conservatism, as it has long been understood.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Who wants to build up the hub of conservatism in the state of Alaska?
    Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Oct. 2022
  • That’s part of what’s explored in the show, this conservatism.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2024
  • In many ways, that is what conservatism is supposed to be about.
    Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2021
  • This conservatism even shows up in the way Gobert protects the rim.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Portions of the city are a bedrock of Arizona conservatism.
    Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Any American conservatism worthy of the name will stand for the rule of law.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 May 2024
  • On the first full day of the conference, conservatism appeared to be, at the very least, pro-lasers and pro-fog machines.
    Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The particulars of Fox’s mood, and its conservatism, adapted and evolved with the eras.
    James Poniewozik, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • But conservatism is, in many ways, baked into the business.
    Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2024
  • There was, in short, very little demand for a new form of conservatism.
    Barton Swaim, WSJ, 15 July 2022
  • Throughout the 1980s, the forces of reform and conservatism raged, often within the same person.
    Chang Che, The New Republic, 27 Oct. 2022
  • New Right conservatism was premised to a great extent on the idea that the social fabric was torn to pieces by the tumultuous 1960s.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Why? Michael Oakeshott understood that conservatism changes with the times.
    Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Is the recent conservatism a product of the pressure to win every game?
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2021
  • That’s not to say that Hawley’s version of conservatism is anathema to the right.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 July 2022
  • The customs recall an era of a kinder, more genteel conservatism.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
  • East Tennessee is the pocket of conservatism in the United States.
    Jon Brown, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The tension between conservatism and risk played out at the U.S. box office this past weekend.
    Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Pence said the party has to choose either conservatism or populism.
    The Editors, National Review, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Toward the end of the aughts, as President Barack Obama’s first term wore on, Dans’ conservatism began to take on a new shape.
    Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 1 Aug. 2024
  • That is the main point of conservatism, in America: to preserve the Founding, to defend our system.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The outcomes of these races look mostly set, but the margin and manner will help determine what form conservatism takes in the next two years and who will lead it.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022
  • In 2024, hell hath no fury like progressives exposed to conservatism on their home turf.
    Christian Schneider, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The conservatism of the state's electorate makes Manchin's role as a break on the policies being pushed by the likes of Sanders a winning one, political speaking, in the state.
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Brainard is concerned about Glynn, who lost in the 2019 primary on a message of fiscal conservatism.
    Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2023
  • Catch up quick: The faith has been known for its political conservatism for the past century.
    Erin Alberty, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024
  • His conservatism, clearly designed for bankers and tech workers who are worried their kids won’t get into the Ivy League, is both weird and off-putting.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
  • What hasn’t been said as much is this: Its corruption is tied directly to its conservatism.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 5 June 2023
  • Before serving as governor, Walker got his start in politics in 1993, when he was elected to the state assembly with a platform that focused on fiscal conservatism.
    Rachel Hale, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024

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