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Recent Examples of renegade
Noun
Where his predecessors made their names aligning with Colombian elites, Petro acted as a renegade and started his own political party. Justin Worland/bogotá, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024 The collection blends his brand’s bold renegade aesthetic with the hotel’s classic luxury heritage. Ritu Upadhyay, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
Winner of the Jury Prize and a collective Best Actress Award at Cannes, renegade auteur and HIFF alum Jacques Audiard’s (RUST AND BONE, DHEEPAN) latest odyssey is an audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024 The speech came just six months after a white mob had laid waste to Greenwood, violently rebuking calls for social equality, political rights and the end of renegade lynch law. Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for renegade 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for renegade
Noun
  • Go way back to President Lincoln, who made hard decisions himself about deserters from the Army, things like that.
    CBS News, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Abraham Lincoln: Issued clemency to thousands of individuals, including Confederate deserters, during the Civil War.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The remaining players will therefore have to rely on their instincts to know whether there is still a traitor left in the game.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Dumitrescu The Treachery of Translation Three novels explore the idea of translators as traitors to themselves.
    Justin Salhani, The Dial, 19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The school may benefit from exploring nontraditional methods, such as partnering with specialized nongovernmental organizations, to expand the applicant pool, according to the federal report.
    Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Wages haven’t risen alongside rents, so a good number of people — especially those with nontraditional income sources — are struggling with it.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In The Rise of Skywalker, the rebels manage to amass an army and take the fight to the evil Emperor Palpatine, who threatened to take over the galaxy with the biggest military force ever seen.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Their nations have also tried to coordinate on policies toward Syria, where rebels recently toppled Bashar al-Assad, the longtime dictator.
    Edward Wong, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In Myanmar, where the government regards any aid entering conflict zones as support for insurgents, that can mean international groups operate almost clandestinely to get lifesaving provisions to the local groups that can distribute them.
    Karl Vick, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
  • While the military did not disclose details about the individuals killed, Balochistan has long been a hotspot for insurgent activity.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025

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“Renegade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renegade. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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