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
See All Example Sentences for crusader
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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That came a day after militants returned the remains of three Israeli hostages who had been taken to Gaza in the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, which started the devastating war.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Hamas had agreed per the ceasefire to hand over the remains of 28 dead hostages in exchange for the bodies of 360 Palestinian militants who were killed in the Gaza war.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
4 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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Then there are the Muslims depicted as religious zealots.—
Deena ElGenaidi,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Like many of Harwicz’s characters, Lisa is a zealot of sorts—and an avatar of the author’s unusual belief in the value and importance of hatred.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
8 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 9 Nov. 2025.
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