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Recent Examples of disputant The Jay Treaty asked the disputants merely to start a process leading to the appointment of arbitrators qualified to decide their disputes fairly and finally. Tom Bell, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025 However, if the harassment or dispute is simply two neighbors being un-neighborly toward each other, the HOA’s best response may be to offer a volunteer board member to meet with the disputants to try to host a discussion between them. Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025 The audience and actor are like disputants kept in different rooms, forbidden to see each other fully. Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 However, if the harassment or dispute is simply two neighbors being un-neighborly toward each other, the HOA’s best response may be to offer a volunteer board member to meet with the disputants to try to host a discussion between them. Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025 My disputant’s particular problem wasn’t with Carpenter’s voice but with its anodyne middle-of-the-road context (both musically and culturally). Wesley Stace, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2018 In the 16th century, when our English forbears began resolving disputes through trial by jury rather than ordeal or battle, disputants had to rely on lawyers to present evidence and arguments. Michael B. Mukasey, WSJ, 17 Apr. 2018 The debate over medicine today is like that baby, but with disputants who won’t fall for Solomon’s trick. Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, National Review, 24 Oct. 2017 One way for other financial centres, such as Dubai and Singapore, to compete is by becoming hubs for arbitration—by agreeing to abide by the decision of a tribunal, disputants can bypass courts entirely. The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disputant
Noun
  • The plaintiffs said marketing campaigns from both PepsiCo and Coca-Cola over the years have misled consumers into believing the companies' products are environmentally sustainable.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • As time has passed, some plaintiffs have increased their claims and recruited external litigation funders, alleging that Google continues to violate antitrust laws by manipulating search results and failing to comply with the EU’s 2017 order.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The lawsuit, which TMZ first reported on, also names other defendants, including Bad Boy Entertainment.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 15 May 2025
  • But the legal process was beset by delays and many of the aging defendants are now suffering from illnesses and one of them has since died.
    Gabrielle Nolin, NBC news, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Its military said several Pakistani military targets were struck as a result of multiple Pakistani attacks on 26 locations using drones and fighter planes.
    Annabella Rosciglione, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2025
  • Hours earlier, India and Pakistan both carried out strikes using drones and missiles fired from fighter jets in a major escalation of the conflict.
    Josh Meyer, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • On the May 5 episode, contestants chose from a slate of songs selected for them by each judge.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 12 May 2025
  • So will season after season of The Voice contestants.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • Immigrant advocates including the American Civil Liberties Union challenged these deportations, arguing that the Trump administration has offered little evidence that the Venezuelans are gang members, and that the men have a right to contest those allegations in court.
    Joel Rose, NPR, 16 May 2025
  • Biking advocates say that the draconian crackdown was done without any public notice and that pedal bike riders are being swept up in this unprecedented dragnet.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 16 May 2025

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“Disputant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disputant. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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