objector

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Recent Examples of objector The most explicit objector was Vance, who has been consistently opposed to foreign adventurism, and to this Iran war in particular. Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026 But that decision has now been overruled after Haley and a second objector appealed it to the 16th Judicial Circuit Court. Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026 One objector is Katie Brydon, a 25-year resident of Northglenn and a licensed addiction counselor. John Aguilar, Denver Post, 22 Nov. 2025 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
  • Further clashes got physical when a protester shoved a megaphone in an agents face and the agent grabbed the device.
    Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
  • Law enforcement wearing masks and vests marked with ICE patches were seen pulling protesters out of a crowd and detaining them, with at least one protester dragged across the ground, video from Freedom News TV shows.
    Sarah Dewberry, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • But for longtime leaders of education organizations and tech proponents, the book has become a problem.
    Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 31 May 2026
  • Whatever proponents call these statutes, the national effect is the same.
    Yaël Ossowski, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
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
  • Rimet, the instigator of the World Cup, was an enthusiastic supporter of professional soccer at a time when amateur sport was considered superior.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • Money is an effect, never an instigator of economic activity.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • The demonstrator version will be 4 m long, and will have a payload capacity of 2 tons with a payload volume of 8 cubic meters.
    Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
  • The first step is a sub-scale suborbital demonstrator, called Vortex-D, that Dassault says could fly as soon as 2028.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Alas, nitpickers can point to some moves in which Atlanta went backward.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • 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
  • Mayor Johnson pointed to a visit with Jackson to Selma, Alabama, to commemorate Bloody Sunday — the infamous day in 1965 in which some 600 marchers set off from Selma headed for the state capital of Montgomery in response to a shooting that killed a civil rights activist.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Nearly 61 years ago, Americans watched in horror as peaceful marchers in Selma, Alabama, were attacked for demanding the right to vote.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Frank was trying to set realistic expectations for the season, but made comments that were interpreted as defeatist.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • Hegseth largely declined to provide specifics, instead denouncing critics as defeatists, questioning their patriotism and insisting the mission had broad public support.
    Nik Popli, Time, 29 Apr. 2026

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“Objector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objector. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.

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