How to Use conspiracist in a Sentence
conspiracist
noun-
The assault on the pizzeria did not stop the conspiracists.
— Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2019 -
The first line of Fleischer's very first note is sure to rile up conspiracists.
— John Hendrickson, Esquire, 10 Sep. 2016 -
In the view of his critics, Mr. Epstein was a conspiracist or something close to one.
— Emily Langer, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024 -
That's an uphill battle, though, when one of the candidates on the ballot is the nation's conspiracist-in-chief.
— Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 15 Sep. 2020 -
The government announced that yes, there had been a cover-up at Roswell—just not the one that the UFO conspiracists wanted to believe.
— WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023 -
Here's a list of myths and facts that slaps down the persistent lies floating around social media and conspiracist websites.
— Matt Jancer, Wired, 11 Mar. 2021 -
Leading up to the day, there had been concern about what a crowd of election deniers and conspiracists might do when their hero leader was brought before a judge.
— Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023 -
The book is about how Benson became a conspiracist, and how his conspiracies affect the church today — the preppers, the Bundys.
— The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020 -
Greene first grew in notoriety due to her embrace of the conspiracist QAnon movement.
— Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022 -
Infowars has been a major force and Jones a prominent figure among fringe, conspiracist types for years.
— Bonnie Kristian, The Week, 19 Apr. 2022 -
Knowledge Fight’s focus has shifted this post-Trump year to chronicling the ragged downward spiral of Mr. Jones, a conspiracist who has lost the plot.
— New York Times, 18 Apr. 2021 -
But just as a broken clock is right twice a day, even the most racist, conspiracist troll can occasionally come up with useful satire.
— Ryan Craig, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021 -
That said, scientists have long tried to decode the profile of a typical conspiracist.
— Keith Kloor, Scientific American, 9 Feb. 2024 -
The parents said those who believed the conspiracist and his claims about Sandy Hook went on to harass and threaten them verbally and physically.
— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2022 -
Under the circumstances, her e-mails became a fount of quotable material for the conspiracists.
— Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2023 -
There’s a conspiracist on the loose who has captured one of Langdon’s old mentors (played by Eddie Izzard), and the only way to stop him is by solving puzzles that hinge on obscure knowledge.
— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2021 -
The police ruled out foul play, but Guo, in his new role as a media personality, was becoming an avid conspiracist.
— Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022 -
YouTube also goes after medical conspiracists and flat-earthers in its blog post.
— Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 5 June 2019 -
The approaching deadline has made JFK conspiracists understandably hyped— just take a look at 2017jfk.org.
— Gabrielle Bruney, Esquire, 21 Oct. 2017 -
This has made the conspiracists only more convinced, even though the preparations in these towns have often been centered around the huge influx of tourists expected to congregate on April 8.
— David Gilbert, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2024 -
Moon-landing conspiracists may diminish the quality of debate in the public square.
— Time, 13 June 2019 -
The reason for this is the same as why the internet, our greatest invention that contains all the knowledge of our species, also produces lizard-people conspiracists and flat-Earthers.
— Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 11 July 2023 -
One of the plaintiffs’ lawyers has represented My Pillow founder and election conspiracist Mike Lindell.
— Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 12 Sep. 2022 -
The internet has always been a cozy home for partisans and pedants, conspiracists and crusaders, but gradually, their spirit has crept into the rest of our lives.
— Michelle Dean, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2018 -
The dumb jokes are coming for you: The conspiracists (see above) and the money-minded people always figure out how to game popular online hangouts to get attention.
— Shira Ovide, New York Times, 8 May 2020 -
One answer must be that conspiracists always need a target to attack in order to attract followers.
— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024 -
Some conspiracists believe that announcement could happen at the Super Bowl next weekend.
— Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2024 -
Interest in the specifics of Pizzagate waned in the next few years as the far-right QAnon conspiracist cult supplanted the theory and significantly broadened its scope.
— Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2024 -
Along with other Sandy Hook parents, Pozner has spent years lobbying Facebook to remove conspiracist videos about the shooting from its platform.
— Fox News, 16 Oct. 2019 -
The lab-leak conspiracists were certain that the report would validate their contentions, for which there has never been any valid scientific evidence.
— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
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