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That is the administration’s code word for both climate programs and ones seeking to encourage diversity, equity and inclusion.—
Natalie Proulx,
New York Times,
20 May 2025 -
Halbreich told me that prominent art institutions are already using code words, like community, to talk about diversity.—
Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Genteelism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genteelism. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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