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Origin of leftward
Example Sentences
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But the more detailed survey data indicate that the party’s core voters have moved leftward and kept going.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
We’ve been hearing an awful lot about her as a deeply principled person who is slowly drifting leftward.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2025
“The late vote count tends to reflect the closing sentiment of the elections, regardless of whether it’s a rightward or a leftward shift,” Madrid said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2022
It rises leftward before swinging down a hard right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2021
Moving slowly but steadily, I made a rising leftward traverse across the top of the Lhotse Face, then ascended a prow of shattered black schist called the Geneva Spur.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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