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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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Columbus Today Columbus is no longer the parochial, third-tier Midwestern city big dreamers must leave in order to fulfil their potential.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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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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In that sense, the Rockies — often criticized for their insular, and routinely unsuccessful, baseball operation — were well ahead of the curve.—
Kyle Newman,
The Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2025
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Often family businesses are so insular and stunted and hollow.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
5 Jan. 2025
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The provincial and constitutional courts ruled against them.—
Stephanie Yang,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other government ministers met with provincial premiers to discuss Trump's pledge to impose steep tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports after he is sworn in as president in January.—
Nia Williams and Ismail Shakil,
USA TODAY,
14 Dec. 2024
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As much or more than anyone else, tech zealots who made their fortunes in the industry have to answer for our political climate of brazen corruption and cheap, viral, reactionary hate.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 Jan. 2025
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Experts say those efforts are critical at this time of transition since the Mexican government’s response to the uptick in deportations over the past 15 years has been reactionary – and this wave could set records.—
Whitney Eulich,
The Christian Science Monitor,
15 Jan. 2025
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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 Jan. 2025.
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