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Until then, Halligan was an insurance lawyer working in the White House, helping to review material from the Smithsonian Institution that the administration deemed objectionable.
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Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
Why is this behavior objectionable to you?
—NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
Again, nothing objectionable about that on the surface, but the targets of potential prosecution hardly suggest an even-handed approach.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Reading certain books felt like an objectionable act for Emily Zarka as a kid in 1990s Vermont.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 15 Oct. 2025
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Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
Why is this behavior objectionable to you?
—NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
Again, nothing objectionable about that on the surface, but the targets of potential prosecution hardly suggest an even-handed approach.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Reading certain books felt like an objectionable act for Emily Zarka as a kid in 1990s Vermont.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Objectionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/objectionable. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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objectionable
adjective
ob·jec·tion·able
əb-ˈjek-sh(ə-)nə-bəl 
: arousing objection : offensive
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