big-tent

A form of big tent — A group, philosophy, or social or political movement that encompasses or seeks to attract a broad range of constituents or members, or views.

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Meanings

noun
  1. alternativeattributiveAlternative form of big tent.
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    The alliance that pushed the Inflation Reduction Act into law in August was always a somewhat fragile and ramshackle one: Green New Dealers and the coal-state senator Joe Manchin, carbon-capture geeks and environmental justice warriors, all herded together in the sort of big-tent play you get with a 50-50 Senate and one party functionally indifferent on climate.

    2022 October 5, David Wallace-Wells, “Progressives Should Rally Around a Clean Energy Construction Boom”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022
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Chicago

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