How to Use centrist in a Sentence

centrist

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  • The candidate hopes to appeal to centrists nationwide.
  • Trump is not a centrist in the sense of one who unites the parties.
    — Kyle Sammin, Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Phillips sees Patrick as the centrist who can win back the White House.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Joe Manchin, of course, is flirting with a run, a run as a centrist backed by No Labels.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Progressives clash with centrists over the scope and speed of the changes needed to address the country’s ills.
    — Michael Bobelian, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
  • And in two years, centrist Yair Lapid, will take the position as part of an agreement.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 15 June 2021
  • Will the idealists who backed left-wing populism grit their teeth and vote for a centrist (Macron)?
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 15 Apr. 2022
  • McCaskill served two terms in the Senate and is now, in her last week, one of its few ardent centrists.
    — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 21 Dec. 2018
  • Hate to wake you up The Democrats have always been split, to a greater or lesser extent, between the more left-wing and the more centrist.
    — The Economist, 6 Feb. 2020
  • In two years, he'll be replaced by Yair Lapid, leader of centrist Yesh Atid.
    — Fox News, 22 June 2021
  • Delaney was one of several centrists on the stage who took on Sens.
    — Anna North, Vox, 31 July 2019
  • Can a designer be a centrist in this era of taking sides?
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2019
  • The 44-year-old centrist becomes the first incumbent to win a second term since Jacques Chirac two decades ago.
    — Fortune, 24 Apr. 2022
  • And that was part of the problem for centrist-leaning members in this year's elections.
    — Kerry Picket, Washington Examiner, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Other centrists on the right and the left would also need to back a Bertrand candidacy.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune Europe, 9 July 2024
  • Someone tell that man to stop trying to cruise centrists and go fill out a form to run for Senate in Colorado.
    — Michael Arceneaux, Essence, 28 June 2019
  • And there is a race within the race -- between the party’s progressive wing and its centrists.
    — oregonlive.com, 30 July 2019
  • Macron, a pro-European centrist, emerged ahead from the April 10 first round and is leading in opinion polls.
    — Sylvie Corbet, ajc, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Casten is more of a centrist while Newman is more of a liberal.
    — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 28 June 2022
  • All the same, Gonez has tried to position herself as a centrist who can work with both factions.
    — Howard Blume Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Like Dowd, Collier is a 60-year-old white man who identifies as a centrist.
    — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Even if the Democrats were able to take control of the House after the midterm election centrist members of the party would be unlikely to back the move.
    — William Cummings, USA TODAY, 12 July 2018
  • At least in the short term, Lapid, a centrist, will be Israel's point man on repairs to the tattered relationship with Biden and the Democrats.
    — Laurie Kellman, USA TODAY, 28 June 2021
  • At least in the short term, Lapid, a centrist, will be Israel’s point man on repairs to the tattered relationship with Biden and the Democrats.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2021
  • Mayorkas had honed a public image that was well suited for the moment—a centrist with a heart.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Seen as a centrist willing to make deals with Democrats, President Joe-Biden.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Jan. 2021
  • More than 90% of Israelis who identify as left-wing, two-thirds of centrists and about half of those on the right said the government lacks a plan.
    — Eric Sylvers, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023
  • In general, most of the names are centrists and capable.
    — Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The centrist is Yair Lapid, a former television talk-show host, who founded the Yesh Atid party in 2012.
    — The Economist, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Director Bloom insists the film is not intended to preach to the choir — that it is made not for leftist opponents of Netanyahu, but for centrists.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024

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