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Using Mearsheimer

  • In the example corpus, mearsheimer often appears in combinations such as: john mearsheimer, mearsheimer and.

Context around Mearsheimer

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 31.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

john 3× result 1× professor 1×

Often after:

says 1× opines 1×

Sentence patterns with Mearsheimer

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

articles professor mearsheimer opines that 1× by john mearsheimer and stephen 1× favor of mearsheimer s selective 1× for what mearsheimer and walt 1× professor john mearsheimer it s 1× proliferation john mearsheimer would not 1× the result mearsheimer says has 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

according to university 1× another separate argument 1× by this criteria 1× in two famous 1× selective proliferation john 1× the result mearsheimer 1×

Common sentence endings:

benefit of israel 1× cold war europe 1× in new york 1× in the future 1× of nuclear terrorism 1× pervasive security state 1×

Words around Mearsheimer

Just before it in the word index:

mears 56 mearns 33 meares 8 meara 48 mear 2 meany 12

Just after it in the word index:

meas 2 measc 2 measham 4 measles 446 measly 70 measnikoff 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdali 10 abdelfattah 10 abdulazeez 10 abella 10 abels 10 abfa 10

Corpus analysis for Mearsheimer

  • In this selection, "mearsheimer" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, john, result, professor, says and opines stand out and add context to how "mearsheimer" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include articles professor mearsheimer opines that and by john mearsheimer and stephen. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "mearsheimer" sits close to words such as abdali, abdelfattah and abdulazeez, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with mearsheimer

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Another separate argument against Waltz's open proliferation and in favor of Mearsheimer's selective distribution is the possibility of nuclear terrorism. (22 words)

These breakthrough moments were followed by the 2007 book on the Israeli lobby by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, put out by a prestigious publisher in New York. (28 words)

The result, Mearsheimer says, has been endless war overseas and an erosion of liberal values at home, thanks to the global war on terrorism and an all-pervasive security state. (30 words)

Longer example sentences

By this criteria, anyone seeking to discredit the Bush Doctrine found it easy to “expose” the Iraq invasion for what Mearsheimer and Walt said it really was: a war initiated by the Jews and fought entirely for the benefit of Israel. (41 words)

According to University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer, it’s naive to think we can sit on the sidelines and get the best of both worlds: unconstrained trade with China under the US security umbrella. (35 words)

Selective proliferation John Mearsheimer would not support Waltz's optimism in the majority of potential instances; however, he has argued for nuclear proliferation as policy in certain places, such as post–Cold War Europe. (34 words)

Example sentences (7)

According to University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer, it’s naive to think we can sit on the sidelines and get the best of both worlds: unconstrained trade with China under the US security umbrella.

By this criteria, anyone seeking to discredit the Bush Doctrine found it easy to “expose” the Iraq invasion for what Mearsheimer and Walt said it really was: a war initiated by the Jews and fought entirely for the benefit of Israel.

The result, Mearsheimer says, has been endless war overseas and an erosion of liberal values at home, thanks to the global war on terrorism and an all-pervasive security state.

These breakthrough moments were followed by the 2007 book on the Israeli lobby by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, put out by a prestigious publisher in New York.

Another separate argument against Waltz's open proliferation and in favor of Mearsheimer's selective distribution is the possibility of nuclear terrorism.

In two famous articles, Professor Mearsheimer opines that Europe is bound to return to its pre–Cold War environment of regular conflagration and suspicion at some point in the future.

Selective proliferation John Mearsheimer would not support Waltz's optimism in the majority of potential instances; however, he has argued for nuclear proliferation as policy in certain places, such as post–Cold War Europe.

Common combinations with mearsheimer

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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