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Takaichi is part of global politics’ rightward shift.
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Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Ohio backed Trump by about 11 points last year, a rightward shift from his eight-point victories in 2020 and 2016.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
There’s a troubling cynicism at work here, in which many alt-travel influencers are following the rightward shift of their young male audiences and creating content to placate them.
—T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
Since his tenure ended, the LDP has faced fallout over a slush fund scandal, an inflation surge, and a rightward political shift across the country.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
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Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Ohio backed Trump by about 11 points last year, a rightward shift from his eight-point victories in 2020 and 2016.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
There’s a troubling cynicism at work here, in which many alt-travel influencers are following the rightward shift of their young male audiences and creating content to placate them.
—T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
Since his tenure ended, the LDP has faced fallout over a slush fund scandal, an inflation surge, and a rightward political shift across the country.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Rightward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rightward. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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rightward
adjective or adverb
right·ward
ˈrīt-wərd 
: toward, at, or to the right
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