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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
The United States is in the midst of an energy revolution.
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Alexander C. Kaufman, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2025
The revolution hasn’t yet come, but Chekhov can still sense worlds crumbling and see clowns meandering haplessly through the waste.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
The strategic hire will position Nucleus at the forefront of a healthcare revolution where consumers—not just doctors—will harness the power of their own DNA.
—USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
As is becoming clear, the carbohydrate revolution that Roche is championing has become commonplace in the professional peloton.
—Devin Kelly, Outside Online, 3 Apr. 2025
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Alexander C. Kaufman, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2025
The revolution hasn’t yet come, but Chekhov can still sense worlds crumbling and see clowns meandering haplessly through the waste.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
The strategic hire will position Nucleus at the forefront of a healthcare revolution where consumers—not just doctors—will harness the power of their own DNA.
—USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
As is becoming clear, the carbohydrate revolution that Roche is championing has become commonplace in the professional peloton.
—Devin Kelly, Outside Online, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolution
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Here are seven easy bedroom decor ideas to welcome your bedroom into its spring era—just in time, because your new wardrobe rotation is going to need a worthy photo backdrop.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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While the two rookies, Richard Fitts and Hunter Dobbins, haven't been bad, the Red Sox likely don't want these two in the postseason rotation.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article Nearly a year after record heat and surging electric bills sparked a ratepayer revolt, the legislature is set to take up a bill that could cut hundreds of millions of dollars from customer rates by restructuring how the state buys energy and how customers pay for it.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2025
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The longtime leader of the latter group, George Gresham, is said to personally support endorsing Mr. Cuomo but is facing a broader revolt within his union.—
Nicholas Fandos,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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All that said, a clear data strategy has become necessary for companies to stay ahead of the curve and offers a unique competitive advantage in today's market.—
Ryan Masiello,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The galaxy's rotation curve, an important characteristic of spiral galaxies, shows a pattern typical of flat rotation curves seen in mature galaxies.—
Larissa G. Capella,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Alaa Abd El-Fattah was a leading activist in the country’s 2011 uprising.—
Mounira Elsamra,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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The island was the site of an uprising in the late 1940s, one that was brutally suppressed by the anticommunist Korean government with the apparent support of occupying American forces; tens of thousands of people were killed.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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Give these new tunes a spin and vote for your favorite new Latin music release below.—
Griselda Flores,
Billboard,
28 Mar. 2025
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No matter the temperature outside, heated yoga, Pilates or spin classes are drawing in those eager to sweat it out.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2025
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Yet the movement was deeply involved in a dramatic example of recent political violence: the January 6 insurrection, during which four people died and more than 100 police officers were injured.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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One of his first acts as president was to pardon those responsible for the Jan. 6 insurrection.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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Tariffs meet South Korean domestic turmoil The tariff upheaval comes at an inopportune time as former President Yoon Suk Yeol stands in court to face charges of rebellion over his institution of martial law in December.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Apr. 2025
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The profits, in turn, are used to fund the rebellion.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2025
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It 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 former Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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An article on Sunday about a small mutiny at Chautauqua Institution misidentified the writer of a letter quoted from The Gadfly.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Revolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolution. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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