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Goldwater

American  
[gohld-waw-ter, -wot-er] / ˈgoʊldˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər /

noun

  1. Barry Morris, 1909–1998, U.S. politician: U.S senator 1953–64 and 1968–87.


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He quotes, to good effect, Goldwater himself, who wrote that “America is fundamentally a Conservative nation.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

Biology Ph.D. student Tim Curtis Jr. participated in the work in Currie's lab, along with undergraduate Elena Singer-Freeman, a Goldwater Scholar and 2025 Wake Forest graduate in biochemistry and molecular biology.

From Science Daily May 9, 2026

Then, at the regular Senate Republican Conference lunch on Aug. 6, 1974, Goldwater fumed, “There are only so many lies you can take, and now there has been one too many.”

From Salon May 8, 2026

Shimon Goldwater, partner at Asserson solicitors, said he was "very pleased" and Student Group Claim would "now turn its attention to claimants who attended other universities during the pandemic".

From BBC Feb. 13, 2026

Goldwater as a man, I respected for speaking out his true convictions—something rarely done in politics today.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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