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Recent Examples of hawkish
Still, their view has leaned more hawkish in their rate projection, with four members seeing no rate changes in 2025.
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Yun Li, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025
The Fed may not even need to be hawkish to spook the market, said Larry Benedict of the Opportunistic Trader.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
But in many respects, the administration has been less hawkish than many expected.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 18 Mar. 2025
That more hawkish stance is now entrenched in Washington, but the shift toward confrontation and economic nationalism has gone too far.
—Myron Brilliant, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025
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Yun Li, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025
The Fed may not even need to be hawkish to spook the market, said Larry Benedict of the Opportunistic Trader.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
But in many respects, the administration has been less hawkish than many expected.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 18 Mar. 2025
That more hawkish stance is now entrenched in Washington, but the shift toward confrontation and economic nationalism has gone too far.
—Myron Brilliant, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawkish
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The bottom line: Bipartisanship is the most obvious casualty of Schumer's new warlike posture toward the GOP.—
Hans Nichols,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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Freyja, however, is a more warlike goddess, and even has a part in selecting warriors for her hall in the afterlife.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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There’s one big problem facing Smoke, Stack, and their exciting new venture: a bloodthirsty vampire cult.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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But the new characters, notably Kaitlyn Dever’s bloodthirsty Abby and Jeffrey Wright's powerful, sullen Isaac, don’t feel fully inhabited.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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As for the Yellow Ranger, Jones noted that Latina actress and martial artist Audri Dubois was originally cast as the character in the show’s pilot, but was replaced by Trang due to a pay dispute.—
John Russell,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Feliz plays Samantha Reed who has been trained by her father to be a weapons expert, skilled martial artist and true chameleon all while hiding a mysterious past.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Hawkish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawkish. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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