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as in revolt
open fighting against authority (as one's own government)
the revolution by which the American colonies gained their independence from Great Britain necessitated going up against the world's most powerful army
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Recent Examples of revolution
In South America, there’s a food revolution going on in Bolivia, where elite restaurants are getting international notice and ancient Inca and Aymara traditions are finding their way into modern fusion dishes.
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Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
Dallas Cowboys: Ashton Jeanty, RB, Boise State Jeanty, who went to high school in the Metroplex area, gets to come home and be the future face of the franchise as the NFL’s running back revolution continues.
—David Ubben, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Storm places the birth and initial spread of nationalism in the crucible of the Atlantic revolutions of the eighteenth century.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
The fusion of blockchain, AI and decentralized governance models is already disrupting some industries, and those who embrace these changes could be at the forefront of the digital revolution.
—Daniel Levy, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
Dallas Cowboys: Ashton Jeanty, RB, Boise State Jeanty, who went to high school in the Metroplex area, gets to come home and be the future face of the franchise as the NFL’s running back revolution continues.
—David Ubben, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Storm places the birth and initial spread of nationalism in the crucible of the Atlantic revolutions of the eighteenth century.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
The fusion of blockchain, AI and decentralized governance models is already disrupting some industries, and those who embrace these changes could be at the forefront of the digital revolution.
—Daniel Levy, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolution
Noun
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As the name suggests, the mission is the 10th rotation mission to the station under NASA's commercial crew program.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
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To minimize the disruption to the station's crew rotation schedule and on-going research, NASA opted to bump two astronauts from the next SpaceX Crew Dragon flight and to launch that mission, known as Crew 9, in late September with just two crew members on board.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Go deeper: Mike Johnson struggles to contain a GOP budget revolt Editor's note: This is a developing story.—
Andrew Solender,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Ray, although in his forties, was at one with youth in revolt.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
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While navigating the left curve, the HR-V driver activated her left turn signal and began to slow down to make a left turn into the driveway when the Accord driver, identified as Leblanc, allegedly struck the HR-V from behind causing the HR-V to strike a tree, the warrant affidavit said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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The Keeling Curve goes precipitously up; the curve of basic national responsibility is curving sharply down now.—
Bill McKibben,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Early in the uprising, Masri's home in Homs was known a safe haven.—
Jawad Rizkallah,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2025
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Most of them were imprisoned during the first and second intifadas, uprisings by Palestinians against Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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Tucked within its bouquet of lily of the valley, rose, and peony, wild strawberries add a berry-fresh spin to the whole garden fantasy.—
Jenny Berg,
Allure,
3 Mar. 2025
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As an ever-expanding culinary hotspot, Baton Rouge’s local restaurants and bakeries add a unique flavor to the festivities, putting creative spins on the King Cake – from King Cake Calzones and Macarons to King Cake Sushi Rolls and Croissants.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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McKinley took a similar approach in dealing with Spain during its brutal effort to suppress an insurrection in Cuba against Spanish imperial rule.—
Robert W. Merry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 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
Noun
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Or just a brilliant disguise?’ - from Brilliant Disguise Rock 'n' roll has always embodied rebellion and dissent.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Set in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, where Mateus was raised, a peasant community of grape-pickers become agents in an open-air ritual of remembrance and rebellion.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
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Death in a hail of bullets has been used to punish mutinies and desertion in armies, as frontier justice in America’s Old West, and as a tool of terror and political repression in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.—
Jeffrey Collins,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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Business leaders face challenges, including the frantic need for speedy decision-making, unexpected market shifts, geopolitical volatility, internal mutinies, power plays and harrowing decisions that can hurt the livelihood of their teams by cutting jobs.—
Carlo Tortora Brayda,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Revolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolution. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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