compromiser

noun

as in accommodationist

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  1. accommodationist
  2. progressive
  3. reformer
Noun
  • Bob Michel, the longtime accommodationist who treated Democratic House majorities as an unalterable fact of life, faded away, and the pugilistic Newt Gingrich ascended.
    — Ed Burmila, The New Republic, 15 June 2022
  • Many African American activists had broken with King, advocating Black Power rather than racial reconciliation, abandoning nonviolence, and denouncing King as an accommodationist.
    — Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 18 July 2019
Definition of accommodationist
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  • Trump carried Michigan in 2024, albeit narrowly, and El-Sayed is a progressive who has never held elective office.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Fisher, who is originally from San Martin, California, near Santa Cruz, was an outspoken progressive.
    — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of progressive
Noun
  • For zero-emissions cruising, the vessel can get its juice from seven 75 kW solid-oxide fuel cells, or nine 250 kW PEM fuel cells paired with a methanol reformer.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Just over three years ago in Guatemala, a coalition of young and Indigenous voters helped propel Bernardo Arévalo, a reformer who campaigned against corruption, to an astounding presidential win.
    — Will Freeman, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of reformer
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