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Third Way

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noun

    1. a political ideology that seeks to combine egalitarian and individualist policies, and elements of socialism and capitalism

    2. ( as modifier )

      Third Way government

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But "if anybody can do it," said Matt Bennett at Third Way, "it's him."

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

“We’re at a huge crossroads,” Gabe Horwitz, senior vice president for the economic program at the center-left think tank Third Way, told me this past week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Meanwhile, centrist groups like Third Way are not so enthused by a blanket opposition strategy.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025

Other critics featured in the montage were Jonathan V. Last of The Bulwark, a conservative news outlet, and Matt Bennett of Third Way, a centrist Democratic group.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024

France is uneasy with the German-British Third Way and what it regards as a rapprochement between the two, which threatens its privileged status in the EU.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel

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