as in militant
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
My dear friend Charlie Kirk was our country's relentless and courageous crusader for free speech.
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
The top players now have teams—coach, hitting partner, physio, nutritionist, sometimes a psychologist—which lessen their lonely crusader status.
—Thomas Swick
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Today’s moral crusaders assume an elementary cause-and-effect relationship between books and readers.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
Now, over three years later, the series is back to continue the adventures of the masked crusader.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
The top players now have teams—coach, hitting partner, physio, nutritionist, sometimes a psychologist—which lessen their lonely crusader status.
—Thomas Swick
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Today’s moral crusaders assume an elementary cause-and-effect relationship between books and readers.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
Now, over three years later, the series is back to continue the adventures of the masked crusader.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crusader
Noun
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The biographical drama, co-written by Costabile, Vittorio Moroni and Andriano Chiarelli, is based on Luigi Celeste’s memoir Non sarà sempre così about his youth as a far-right militant, living in the shadow of domestic violence with a criminal father.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
23 Sep. 2025
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Familia is based on Luigi Celeste’s biographical memoir about his youth as a far-right militant and about the legacy of his toxic, violent upbringing at the hands of his criminal father.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Washington urged us to think as Americans first, not partisans.—
Janet Nguyen,
Oc Register,
23 Sep. 2025
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The cumulative effect is a Congress dominated by out-of-touch partisans more focused on tearing down the other side than governing and addressing the complicated problems facing citizens and the nation.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The attack came two weeks after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a university in Utah.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
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Some activists devoted to ending gun violence had to look twice at the source of the ads for firearms training that flashed on their computer screens.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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For weeks, Oasis zealots have devoured online videos of the siblings strolling out onstage together, arms raised in victory and hugs brief yet genuine.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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That's just part of what Nikita Bridan says should be a compelling package, even for anti-EV zealots.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
21 Aug. 2025
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The new partnership between farmers and advocates will let agriculture prosper while protecting one of Indiana's largest watersheds.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
25 Sep. 2025
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Newsom has been under pressure in recent years to adopt AI guardrails by advocates worried about the technology’s impact on unemployment by automating jobs and upending creative and media industries via its ability to generate new pictures, audio and other media using existing data.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Crusader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crusader. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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