as in provocative
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agitational
Adjective
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Relocating to Shanghai, the provocative brand quickly built a name for boundary-pushing, body-skimming and altering designs.—
Gemma A. Williams,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025 -
Starring Sul Kyung-gu, Jang Dong-gun, Kim Hee-ae and Claudia Kim, the provocative Korean drama follows a wealthy lawyer, who decides to defend a killer, being confronted by his righteous brother over a heated dinner conversation.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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When media outlets amplify racially inflammatory rhetoric, that, too, affects viewers.—
Erika Franklin Fowler,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2025
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The improvement, particularly in his inflammatory markers, suggests that the treatment is working.—
Aurora Almendral,
NBC News,
19 Feb. 2025
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His clemency toward those convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection – including seditious conspiracy and assaults on police officers – was different in key ways from the two previous efforts, by Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Ulysses S. Grant in 1873.—
David Cason,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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Tarrio attended a press conference Friday with other Proud Boys and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who also was convicted of seditious conspiracy but freed from prison last month after Mr. Trump commuted his 18-year sentence.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Agitational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agitational. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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