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- noun Plural form of
lesser .
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Examples
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And they tend to rebel and get angry -- think binge drinking or excuse-making pointing at "lessers" -- because how satisfying is it to not really be free to think for yourself?
"That is not Michigan," elites exclaim, looking at how Michigan citizens voted. Ann Althouse 2006
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If people had been 'raised better' they would respect the views of others and not look down their noses at their 'lessers'.
Double Standards and Disingenuosity On Bellowing Townhall Disruptors 2009
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The same sort of exceptionalism that accepts without a blink that Western nations have the inherent right to bomb their 'lessers' to democracy or to refer to the United States alone as "America" as if a half billion other people simply didn't exist between Africa and Australia.
what liberal media? 2007
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Judging by Derve's comments, we Republicans are her "lessers" since we didn't go to Law school or Private School.
Oppressed by the label "Republican"? Ann Althouse 2006
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Friedman's perennial optimism spiced with flashes of contempt for blunders in the war's execution (and at his 'lessers' in Washington who do not always follow his lead) has been joined by others.
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This makes the mandatory visit seem less like an academic prerequisite for hiring laterals, and more like a hazing ritual imposed by the higher-ranking schools on their "lessers".
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The current political process suffers from the chronic disease of offering voters "the evil of two lessers," and that's got to stop.
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The current political process suffers from the chronic disease of offering voters "the evil of two lessers," and that's got to stop.
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The current political process suffers from the chronic disease of offering voters "the evil of two lessers," and that's got to stop.
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The current political process suffers from the chronic disease of offering voters "the evil of two lessers," and that's got to stop.
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