Definitions
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- noun a person who won't take sides in a controversy
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Examples
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Democratic candidates Jerry Brown (Governor) and Senator Barbara Boxer both oppose Prop. 23, but GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is a fence-sitter.
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The passage you cited does not demonstrate that Washington was a fence-sitter.
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I agree with Angela, I want to be a fence-sitter, someone in the audience who gets to enjoy the show and critique both the actor and the director.
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I think they express my approach to this, which is somewhat in the fence-sitter/"observer" category as opposed to "directing" anything or anybody - or playing a role.
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He (his staff) would have written it, he would have buttonholed every g.d. fence-sitter and laid it out for them.
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Maybe more than one fence-sitter will now see through the hype and make a more informed choice.
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You don't win a vote from a fence-sitter by insulting him.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: Shut up, Shannon! 2010
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You don't win a vote from a fence-sitter by insulting him.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: Shut up, Shannon! 2010
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Former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, preparing to challenge McCain in the upcoming Republican primary, has launched TheCompleteDangedTruth. com, where he joins the media chorus deriding the ad and emphasizes that unlike McCain, he's no fence-sitter on border security, and is in fact the true anti-immigrant candidate.
Michelle Chen: McCain Promotes "Danged" Fence, Appeals to Danged Ignorance (VIDEO) 2010
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You don't win a vote from a fence-sitter by insulting him.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: Shut up, Shannon! Tallulah Morehead 2010
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