as in guardians
someone that protects
one of the traditional roles of an older brother is that of schoolyard defender
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Recent Examples of defenders
Taylor – who scored three touchdowns – was regularly easing past defenders, including going untouched into the end zone.
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Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
But the Dolphins could be open to trading one or more of their edge defenders.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
And Sarkisian’s offense, which relies heavily on play action passing, is harder to execute when there’s no run game for defenders to respect.
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Rather, Sacks claimed that Anthropic has cast itself as a political underdog, positioning its leadership as principled defenders of public safety while pursuing a public campaign that frames any pushback as partisan targeting.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
Maybe that — combined with the steady growth of young defenders like Ashton Gillotte, Omarr Norman-Lott and Nohl Williams — will be enough to put KC back in position to lift its third Lombardi in four years.
—Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
Coaches don’t go out of their way to make targets of their injured player to defenders.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Even his most reliable defenders and apologists were growing weary of the talk about these tariffs, which are only just now starting to be felt.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
But the Dolphins could be open to trading one or more of their edge defenders.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
And Sarkisian’s offense, which relies heavily on play action passing, is harder to execute when there’s no run game for defenders to respect.
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Rather, Sacks claimed that Anthropic has cast itself as a political underdog, positioning its leadership as principled defenders of public safety while pursuing a public campaign that frames any pushback as partisan targeting.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
Maybe that — combined with the steady growth of young defenders like Ashton Gillotte, Omarr Norman-Lott and Nohl Williams — will be enough to put KC back in position to lift its third Lombardi in four years.
—Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
Coaches don’t go out of their way to make targets of their injured player to defenders.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Even his most reliable defenders and apologists were growing weary of the talk about these tariffs, which are only just now starting to be felt.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defenders
Noun
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Ciske has also gotten creative in making sure kids can keep coming with their guardians.—
Jordyn Noennig,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Both biological parents and those with parental responsibility over children, including legal guardians and foster parents, would be eligible for the exemption.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But cities tend to be where people go out looking for birds, trying to find them before the rats get them, or before custodians sweep them away.—
NPR,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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The most visible plans are those devised by the same international custodians who have engineered postwar order elsewhere in the Middle East.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The 22-piece set has sauce pans, frying pans, stock pots, eight lids, and protectors.—
Shalwah Evans,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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Gone is the insurance of daunting rim protectors like Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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So when Missouri had minimal protections, we were stuck with Kansas and our inability to update our child's birth certificate there.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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McClure’s is one of at least eight North Carolina cases affected by what federal public defenders say are unconstitutional conditions that violate protections against cruel and unusual punishment.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The murder led to a wave of support for the governor's killer, Mumtaz Qadri, one of Taseer's bodyguards, who was hailed by some as a hero and defender of Islam.—
NPR,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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His bodyguards came back and told him the convoy would not be able to pass.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In 1990, for example, two robbers dressed as Boston police officers talked their way into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, restrained the guards and made off with 13 pieces of artwork 81 minutes later.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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Nicolas Peyrin, deputy secretary general of the prison guards’ union, told CNN affiliate BFMTV that the additional security provided for the former president was not needed.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Defenders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defenders. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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