as in partisan
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
a crusader for improved safety in coal mines
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Recent Examples of crusader
Adler was a particularly passionate crusader against the scourge of child labor.
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
To now endure censure by overzealous anti-Pretendian crusaders, and banishment by bureaucratic tribal decrees and reactionary blood-quantum rules, feels particularly bitter.
—David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
For now, privacy crusaders are left to wait.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 31 Dec. 2025
The filmmaker’s curiosity piqued on the subject of a religious female crusader at a time when many were immigrating to America for spiritual freedom.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
To now endure censure by overzealous anti-Pretendian crusaders, and banishment by bureaucratic tribal decrees and reactionary blood-quantum rules, feels particularly bitter.
—David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
For now, privacy crusaders are left to wait.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 31 Dec. 2025
The filmmaker’s curiosity piqued on the subject of a religious female crusader at a time when many were immigrating to America for spiritual freedom.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crusader
Noun
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Primaries can sometimes be a collective balancing act for voters, between what partisans want in a candidate and the strategic approach of anticipating what the wider electorate might want in a candidate.—
Anthony Salvanto,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Millions of Democrats in Texas, Republicans in California and partisans in other states have been effectively disenfranchised, their voices rendered mute.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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The crisis has worsened recently to include other militants from the neighboring Sahel region, including the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, which claimed its first attack on Nigerian soil last year.—
Dyepkazah Shibayan,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Recently, the crisis has worsened to include other militants from the neighboring Sahel region, including the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, which claimed its first attack on Nigerian soil last year.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Ronnie Eldridge, an outspoken Manhattan activist, local television host who served on the City Council for 22 years, and wife of the late author and columnist Jimmy Breslin, died on Thursday.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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As political attacks on trans rights intensify, Calamia’s visibility as both athlete and activist represents an act of resistance and hope.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Lydia, naturally, has her own reasons for pairing Agnes and Daisy together, evolving from a ruthless zealot and disciplinarian in Handmaid’s Tale into a kind of double agent looking to overthrow Gilead from within the hallowed halls of power in Testaments, as the finale set her up to do.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Mar. 2026
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The brightest spots are painted by Peter Diamandis, a technology zealot who makes the case for AI infusing humanity with once-unfathomable superpowers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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When Walker was fatally shot following the 211 call that prompted police officers to arrive at his apartment, where his teen and young adults daughters also were, advocates hosted a press conference demanding justice and accountability at City Hall.—
Mariana Navarrete Villegas,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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But voting rights advocates say that requiring documentary proof can get complicated.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Crusader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crusader. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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