as in complainants
the person in a legal proceeding who makes a charge of wrongdoing against another
the judge ruled that the plaintiff's lawsuit was groundless, and he dismissed it
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Recent Examples of plaintiffs
As part of the lawsuit, the plaintiffs are asking for medical monitoring in case the potential exposure leads to future conditions.
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Dan Raby, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Live Nation also agreed to create a $280 million settlement fund for the 40 states that joined the Justice Department as plaintiffs.
—Mason Leib, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
The plaintiffs’ first witnesses will begin testifying on Wednesday.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026
Patrick O’Rourke, who represented Children’s Hospital Colorado, countered that Eckhart was right in determining the harm to the hospital outweighs the plaintiffs’ loss of care, but made a mistake in concluding the decision to stop the care was likely discrimination.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026
Her attorney is Lisa Bloom, who represented high-profile plaintiffs in the #MeToo movement.
—Chris Fusco, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
The Google mass arbitration may be the first to seek to represent corporate plaintiffs, as most of the group legal proceedings to date have sought to arbitrate consumer or labor-related claims.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Twelve courts have ruled, on motions to dismiss, that plaintiffs have sufficiently pleaded that these companies’ products constitute credit and that their accompanying fees are subject to the act’s protections.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
During the hearing, Nexstar attorney Alexander Okuliar, argued against an injunction, saying the plaintiffs had failed to demonstrate that the merger posed an immediate threat to the public.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Dan Raby, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Live Nation also agreed to create a $280 million settlement fund for the 40 states that joined the Justice Department as plaintiffs.
—Mason Leib, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
The plaintiffs’ first witnesses will begin testifying on Wednesday.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026
Patrick O’Rourke, who represented Children’s Hospital Colorado, countered that Eckhart was right in determining the harm to the hospital outweighs the plaintiffs’ loss of care, but made a mistake in concluding the decision to stop the care was likely discrimination.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026
Her attorney is Lisa Bloom, who represented high-profile plaintiffs in the #MeToo movement.
—Chris Fusco, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
The Google mass arbitration may be the first to seek to represent corporate plaintiffs, as most of the group legal proceedings to date have sought to arbitrate consumer or labor-related claims.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Twelve courts have ruled, on motions to dismiss, that plaintiffs have sufficiently pleaded that these companies’ products constitute credit and that their accompanying fees are subject to the act’s protections.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
During the hearing, Nexstar attorney Alexander Okuliar, argued against an injunction, saying the plaintiffs had failed to demonstrate that the merger posed an immediate threat to the public.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plaintiffs
complainants
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The business’s behaviors, as described by the numerous complainants, violate the Michigan Consumer Protection Act (MCPA), according to Nessel.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
7 Apr. 2026
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The statement said that per the state Government Data Practices Act, the existence and status of the complaints are public, but complainants’ names, the nature of the complaints and other related information are not.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Plaintiffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaintiffs. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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