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Recent Examples of stridency
Federici’s position on reproductive labour has long since evolved from her Wages for Housework–era stridency.
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Hazlitt, 4 Sep. 2024
In my judgment, this is not the time to amplify disagreement with stridency.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
At the turn of the millennium, just after the Sept. 11 attacks, Keith, who died Monday at 62, released a string of songs that were notable for their political stridency, commitment to American exceptionalism and flexed-bicep threat.
—Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
Dworkin, metonym for an outmoded Second Wave stridency?
—Sam Huber, The New York Review of Books, 26 Jan. 2023
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Hazlitt, 4 Sep. 2024
In my judgment, this is not the time to amplify disagreement with stridency.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
At the turn of the millennium, just after the Sept. 11 attacks, Keith, who died Monday at 62, released a string of songs that were notable for their political stridency, commitment to American exceptionalism and flexed-bicep threat.
—Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
Dworkin, metonym for an outmoded Second Wave stridency?
—Sam Huber, The New York Review of Books, 26 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stridency
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To give you the Reader’s Digest version, though, Sweeney, whose insistence on having breasts has prompted some of the most unhinged discourse of 2024, posted dozens of shots from tabloid comment sections (the unhappiest place on earth, except for X).Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
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Julie Christie and Kate Winslet are wonderful as Gertrude and Ophelia, but his insistence on star casting finally gets the better of him.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Both teens separately described similar environments of pro-Palestinian fervor that left them feeling ostracized, particularly when older students with no cultural ties to the Palestinians began to don keffiyehs and accuse Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.Beth Bailey, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
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That’s despite summer record-setters such as Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine and Inside Out 2 and holiday hits such as Wicked, Moana 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Way more sequels are set for 2025, driving business, if not heartfelt fervor.David Bloom, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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There’s a directness to Jim’s music, a solidity that feels apparent from the first note.Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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This easygoing directness is repeated in the interior blueprint.Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2025
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The fervency of acclaim that the movie spawned—$1 billion worldwide at the box office and a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars—suggested, somewhat chillingly, that the masses found catharsis in this tale.Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
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There were several questions centered around the fervency of support for each candidate, including on favorability, concerns about age and whether each party’s presumptive nominee should actually be the nominee.Philip Bump, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
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Once Venus enters Pisces on Jan. 2, your fourth house of home, family and emotional foundations becomes activated, bringing a wave of emotional warmth, harmony and bliss to your humble abode.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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Lavin brought warmth, resilience, and humor to the character, earning critical praise and two Golden Globe awards.Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 30 Dec. 2024
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But even at his most frustrating, the ardency of his thinking draws us to him.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022
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His impassioned speeches the last two weeks endear him to many players, but his ardency proved irksome to others.Joseph Longo, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
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Through thick and thin, a constant for McCann was his ardor for the Phillies, a club that has been in existence for over 140 years, winning a grand total — during that span — of two world championships.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
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Killian’s reviews are brimming with genuine pleasure, and also a wonderment and ardor for the great variety of stuff on the Web site.Oscar Schwartz, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2024
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Gunn wanted to bring back more elements from Shelley's original version, such as the character’s eloquence and his desperate longing for companionship.Christian Holub, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Domingo is perhaps best known for his eloquence, but here, he’s caught in a loop, grasping for the right thing to say.Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Stridency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stridency. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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