objector

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Recent Examples of objector There are unanswered overtures from the choir’s pianist Horner (Robert Emms), a soft, vulnerable young man whose conscientious-objector status renders him a fellow outsider. Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for objector
Noun
  • State and local law enforcement officers detain a protestor during a demonstration near an ICE detention facility in Broadview, Illinois, on October 10, 2025.
    Connor Greene, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • At least one protester was arrested, accused of assaulting a federal officer, according to DHS.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Your relentless faultfinder—everybody has one—is quick to judge, minimize your accomplishments or demote you to an underdog.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
Noun
  • This was a momentous development for child-care proponents such as myself, who have long argued that wide-reaching free programs are crucial for parents and for a healthy democracy.
    Elliot Haspel, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
  • That’s because the gains at the top are largely predicated on a speculative artificial intelligence stock market boom that even some AI proponents say could quickly fizzle — and potentially take the US economy down with it.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At another moment, a demonstrator in religious garb was shot directly in the face with pepper spray, leaving his chin bloodied.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Hailey, a 24-year-old demonstrator in an inflatable frog suit, told CNN that she was inspired by demonstrators in Portland, who have faced off against federal law enforcement for weeks.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Maybe that’s why, compared with some other kinds of nitpickers, pop critics can seem especially extraneous.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Ruff thought the hit was high and also thought McCabe got his gloves off before Tuch, so the instigator was a confusing one.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The Speaker instead condemned political violence in all its forms, while accusing the left of being the instigator of most political violence in the country.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The mood just feels a little defeatist right now.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Worries are particularly high about companies in the artificial-intelligence industry, where pessimists see echoes of the 2000 dot-com bubble that imploded.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • For the pessimists, Coreweave is Lucent or Nortel.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Objector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objector. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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