as in parochial
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Recent Examples of blinkered
The neoliberal consensus between progressives and libertarians has produced a blinkered set of moral concerns.
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Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
American politics, guided by the neoliberal consensus between progressives and libertarians, has focused on a blinkered set of moral concerns and blindly pursued the unquestioned priorities of personal freedom and consumption.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
These individuals represent experts who believe in the power of technology to positively change the future, but are also aware of the societal, environmental and economic dangers of blinkered innovation.
—Andrew Maynard, Fortune, 12 May 2023
Some nations, in particular the U.S. and Russia, are looking only at the potential military advantages of autonomous systems—a blinkered view that prevents them from considering the disturbing scenarios that can unfold when rivals catch up.
—Noel Sharkey, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2020
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Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
American politics, guided by the neoliberal consensus between progressives and libertarians, has focused on a blinkered set of moral concerns and blindly pursued the unquestioned priorities of personal freedom and consumption.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
These individuals represent experts who believe in the power of technology to positively change the future, but are also aware of the societal, environmental and economic dangers of blinkered innovation.
—Andrew Maynard, Fortune, 12 May 2023
Some nations, in particular the U.S. and Russia, are looking only at the potential military advantages of autonomous systems—a blinkered view that prevents them from considering the disturbing scenarios that can unfold when rivals catch up.
—Noel Sharkey, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blinkered
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There are literally thousands of other Americans worldwide who have dedicated their lives in similar ways to causes that are more consequential than parochial nationalism.Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Slipknot have since gone multi-platinum, founded their own music festival, and stretched far beyond their parochial metal scene into persistent cultural relevance.Emma Madden, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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Cassuto critiques the insular nature of most academic writing, which can be inaccessible to outsiders and, thus, not read.Marybeth Gasman, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Today, Said’s views have achieved a kind of Pyrrhic victory within the academic humanities, where politically engaged criticism is both the norm and, not coincidentally, more insular and detached from public life than ever.Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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The city held the top spot on a real-time list of the world’s most polluted cities on Sunday after recording its highest-ever pollution reading of 1900 near the Pakistan-India border on Saturday, based on data released by the provincial government and Swiss group IQAir.Reuters, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Thousands of volunteers meanwhile have answered the provincial government’s call for help to clear flood debris.Atika Shubert, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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And so The Diplomat sets the stage for Wyler to be schooled, over and over, by Penn and her reactionary doctrine through the end of the season, a dynamic that with each scene reveals how little the series has done to make Wyler a lucid character of her own.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Stokes was reactionary whereas McCullum was more reflective.Tim Ellis, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Belatedly, political classes (and some of Japan’s huge industrial conglomerates) are realizing the economic value, employment potential and soft power impact of a less hidebound and risk-averse film and TV industry.Patrick Frater, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024
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For a moment, bodies as hidebound as the Supreme Court and the papacy looked as if they might be rehabbed into vehicles for social justice.Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
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“Blinkered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blinkered. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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