: advocating or involving a rigidly uncompromising course of action
hard-liner noun

Examples of hard-line in a Sentence

a hard-line approach to the sentencing of repeat offenders
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President Donald Trump vowed to remove millions of immigrants without legal status as part of a hard-line mass deportation policy. Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025 Yoo says political parties have increasingly relied on harsher rhetoric and extreme positions to appeal to more hard-line supporters. Se Eun Gong, NPR, 2 June 2025 But this southward wave has emerged suddenly, in response to the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies. Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2025 The list, which was riddled with misspellings, included sparsely populated counties that have little interaction with immigration authorities, that overwhelmingly voted for President Donald Trump and that have actively supported his hard-line immigration policies. Scott Bauer, Twin Cities, 31 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for hard-line

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hard-line was in 1903

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“Hard-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-line. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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