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Recent Examples of blinkered
His was a kinder form of the historical determinism of a Morgan or a Grant perhaps, but no less blinkered and time-bound.
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Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
In Politics and Literature at the Dawn of World War II, the Dartmouth literary scholar James A.W. Heffernan proposes that academic and popular histories, diaries, and journalistic accounts offer only a blinkered view of the past.
—Nathaniel Rich, The New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2023
The neoliberal consensus between progressives and libertarians has produced a blinkered set of moral concerns.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
American politics, guided by the neoliberal consensus between progressives and libertarians, has focused on a blinkered set of moral concerns and blindly pursued the unquestioned priorities of personal freedom and consumption.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
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Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
In Politics and Literature at the Dawn of World War II, the Dartmouth literary scholar James A.W. Heffernan proposes that academic and popular histories, diaries, and journalistic accounts offer only a blinkered view of the past.
—Nathaniel Rich, The New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2023
The neoliberal consensus between progressives and libertarians has produced a blinkered set of moral concerns.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
American politics, guided by the neoliberal consensus between progressives and libertarians, has focused on a blinkered set of moral concerns and blindly pursued the unquestioned priorities of personal freedom and consumption.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blinkered
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But parochial political feuds and byzantine zoning codes have hampered LA’s efforts to get more new housing off the ground.Carly Stern, Vox, 6 Dec. 2024
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Given the court's significance in international law, this case could have more of an impact than COP on countries' behavior and corporate policies — and on future legal action, compared to past more parochial climate cases.Andrew Freedman, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
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That turmoil in Latin America shaped this course of events, even if indirectly, challenges the assumption that Latin America is too peripheral, too insular, and too small in population terms to exert much influence in world events.Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2024
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The insular island is best known for staging an annual pageant that depicts the cannibalistic murder of four English soldiers — and believe it or not, the locals who stage this play aren’t thrilled to see four English guests in their town.Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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Under the command of white engineer James Moncrief, this provincial, or locally recruited, unit was tasked with fatigue duties, such as constructing fortifications and transporting supplies.Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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An investigation by Quebec provincial police led to the arrest of 26 individuals, including the ringleader behind the scheme, Richard Valliere.Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Most podcasters are extremely reactionary and critical pertaining team performances not emphasizing enough on the injuries, team morale treating them like a unit of robots.Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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His practice also appeals to those looking to avoid the pitfalls of standard, reactionary medical treatments in favor of more natural, preventive options.William Mullane, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Dec. 2024
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Belatedly, political classes (and some of Japan’s huge industrial conglomerates) are realizing the economic value, employment potential and soft power impact of a less hidebound and risk-averse film and TV industry.Patrick Frater, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024
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For a moment, bodies as hidebound as the Supreme Court and the papacy looked as if they might be rehabbed into vehicles for social justice.Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
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“Blinkered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blinkered. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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