left wing

as in liberalism
a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom the left wing has lost considerable influence in the party, which is now aggressively courting political moderates

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Recent Examples of left wing The impact caused an approximately 3-inch-by-6-inch hole in the left wing, officials reported. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025 The Biden team spent US taxpayer money to support left wing programs and candidates around the world. Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025 The surprise has been the rise of the left wing party, Die Linke (to whom voters likely shifted from the BSW party). Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 From a Tottenham perspective, the first warning sign came within 10 minutes when Doku charged down Porro on the left wing, throwing the former City man — Porro was contracted to City from 2019 to 2022 but never represented the first team — to the ground before the attack collapsed. Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for left wing

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“Left wing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/left%20wing. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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