left-of-center
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of left-of-center
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Duarte joined the project partly inspired by Neufeld’s conviction, impressed that he never talked himself out of something potentially illicit or left-of-center.
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One was his debut, “Boxcar Sessions,” an incredibly left-of-center release that was still definitely rooted in hip-hop, though it still sounded light-years ahead of its time.
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“She’s a mainstream Democrat, but she’s a product of California — which makes her a left-of-center Democrat,” her biographer, Dan Morain, told me.
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She has been endorsed by City Controller Kenneth Mejia and a number of left-of-center groups, including the L.A. chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, Ground Game LA and the California Working Families Party.
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He also embodies what feels like a long-gone American independent scene of the 1990s, back when there was a functioning movie economy that could support left-of-center projects like his breakout, “Slacker.”
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