rightwards
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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Kishida, who hails from Hiroshima, the first city to ever suffer an atomic bombing, was on the more dovish side of the LDP, but has since tacked rightwards.
From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2022
Pecresse, a moderate within a conservative party that has lurched rightwards, would be France's first woman president if she wins the election.
From Reuters • Mar. 30, 2022
The old trope is that the young begin as naive leftists then drift rightwards with age.
From The Guardian • Oct. 18, 2018
Murdoch moved decisively rightwards from the mid 70s, as the free-market revolution began to achieve critical mass across the west.
From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2013
Ten miles to the south-west, rightwards, the faint summit of the tower of St. Stephen's, Vienna, appears.
From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas
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