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
Kennedy, a long-time anti-vaccine crusader before taking on the nation's top health post, has linked vaccines to autism and sought to rewrite the country's immunization policies.
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Reuters, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
Connecting an artist and environmental crusader to a history of imagination and Mother Nature is a brilliant bit of meta casting in this truly lovely flick.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
Underwood is not a regulator or a public-health crusader.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
My dear friend Charlie Kirk was our country's relentless and courageous crusader for free speech.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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Reuters, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
Connecting an artist and environmental crusader to a history of imagination and Mother Nature is a brilliant bit of meta casting in this truly lovely flick.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
Underwood is not a regulator or a public-health crusader.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
My dear friend Charlie Kirk was our country's relentless and courageous crusader for free speech.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crusader
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crusader
Noun
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Beloved by liberal partisans and loathed by their counterparts, Pelosi was one of the last engineers of an old-school political machine that could count votes better than anyone in a generation.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Critics will predictably argue that those two positions are inherently linked; on the opposite side of the political spectrum, oil and gas partisans could point to Gates’ essay as proof that climate hysteria was misguided all along and that fossil use should continue unimpeded.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The explosion came less than a day after militants attacked a cadet college in northwestern Pakistan.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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According to Alamgir Mahsud, the local police chief, two of the militants were quickly killed by troops while three militants managed to enter the compound before being cornered in an administrative block.—
NPR,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
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The civil rights activist pointed out that Davis has been divorced several times, noting that this is counter to some Americans' religious beliefs as well.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Anti-Trump activists are deploying an array of tactics to fight back against the policies of the President and his Administration — protests, marches, events, advocacy campaigns, social media videos.—
Time,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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On November 4, 1995, an Israeli far-right zealot fatally shot the prime minister at a peace rally in Tel Aviv.—
Dennis Ross,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Then there are the Muslims depicted as religious zealots.—
Deena ElGenaidi,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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But advocates argue the AI has to be compared to the alternative.—
NPR,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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Public health advocates are also pushing to expand the scope of practice for dental therapists, mid-level providers who can perform fillings and extractions under supervision.—
Sixteen Ramos,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Crusader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crusader. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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