expostulating

verb

present participle of expostulate
as in objecting
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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  1. objecting
  2. protesting
  3. complaining
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  • The bigger prize, Turkey's return to the F-35 program it was expelled from over its Russian S-400s, is stuck in a US review that Vice President JD Vance is running in Washington, with Israel objecting.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Soon after Kushner announced his project, environmental activists began objecting to its potential ecological implications.
    — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026
Definition of objecting
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  • The protesting staff shut the hospital and blocked the road leading to it, even burning a tire outside.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
  • Much of the social scene centered around protesting, with friends gathering on weekends to march or blockade or occupy the upper branches of a tree in the name of whatever cause seemed most urgent.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of protesting
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  • Rodriguez said in a May phone interview with the Herald that detainees had been complaining when a guard approached him and told him to walk out of the cage where he and other men were housed.
    — Churchill Ndonwie, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026
  • These reviews are overall mixed with positive reviews praising USGB’s customer service and negative ones complaining about frequent marketing calls.
    — Javier Simon, USA Today, 11 July 2026
Definition of complaining
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“Expostulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expostulating. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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