OBJECTING Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

objecting

verb

present participle of object

as in protesting

to present an opposing opinion or argument they objected to the conductor's insistence that their train tickets were not valid

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Recent Examples of objecting 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 Landry and Murrill have pointed to the 2011 plea deal in objecting to Duncan calling himself exonerated. — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026 Riley wrote that his issue with Scorsese’s support of the technology wasn’t as much about objecting to the 83-year-old filmmaker using AI in his work, but rather about using his influence to push others into using it. — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 4 June 2026 And in the aftermath of the Covid pandemic, some patients, including parents of patients, are objecting to the idea of a donation from someone who has been vaccinated. — Torie Bosch, STAT, 1 June 2026 With both Democrats and even Republican allies objecting to the fund, the White House was planning to yank the controversial fund, Axios reported, quoting several aides. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 June 2026 The rules are so one-sided that a group of America’s largest pension funds, including CalPERS, and those headed by the Controllers of both New York State and City, filed a lengthy letter objecting to half-a-dozen of the provisions. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 May 2026 Also Tuesday, MacArthur said prosecutors were not objecting to the public release of most of the grand jury transcripts in the case, with limited redactions to remove personal identification of any grand jurors and one limited section where a juror expressed personal opinions about the case. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026

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The senator even admonished Republican staffers who were protesting outside a DC meeting between the candidate and Senate Democrats.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 July 2026
Most of those protesting were women, according to videos published by Cubanet, a Cuban news outlet based in Miami.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026

Definition of protesting

Verb

Gal and Amora barely know each other, and Jaiden and Caleb have been complaining about one another for the past three days.

— Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 6 July 2026
Also, the ocean offers genuine advantages, such as stable temperatures, an abundance of undisputed land, and no neighbors complaining about noise.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 July 2026