as in objects
to present an opposing opinion or argument
the concerned parents tried to expostulate with their daughter when she announced her intention to live on her own in New York City
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Verb
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The Common Council member whose district includes Bay View objects to that petition.—
Tom Daykin,
jsonline.com,
6 Jan. 2026 -
Objects of this size are referred to as planetesimals — objects similar in size to many of the asteroids and comets in our solar system but much smaller than a dwarf planet like Pluto.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Dec. 2025
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At one point, Hujar complains about a call from the artist Ed Baynard.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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The president calls his wife and complains about the sole of his shoe before heading off to a girls’ basketball event with Angel Reese.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Walz is asking anyone who protests to do so in a peaceful way.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Iran protests over collapsing economy spread to universities Iranian authorities offered conciliatory gestures in a bid to stem growing protests over the country’s collapsing economy.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Expostulates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expostulates. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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