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
Federal judge Julia Kobick in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Administration from enforcing the policy against Orr and six other individual plaintiffs in April.
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
In a May 2024 answer to the lawsuit complaint, city attorneys representing the defendants argued that there shouldn't be grounds for a lawsuit and the plaintiffs aren't entitled to any damages.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Luckily, Neal Katyal, the lawyer for the plaintiffs of all people, provided the out that investors may be looking for.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
One was led by drag performers and LGBTQ+ advocates represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas, while the other was filed by the Texas Civil Rights Project, with plaintiffs arguing that the law would negatively affect Texas’ performing arts scene.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 7 Nov. 2025
More than 100 plaintiffs succeeded in winning their freedom.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
That doesn't thrill the plaintiffs, though.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Vargas also didn’t see the arbitration clause as unusually one-sided, as, unlike in cases cited by the plaintiffs, the terms applied to both users and the NBA.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
In both complaints, plaintiffs claim that the health systems shared information with other technology companies through the use of Meta Pixels or other tracking, analytics or advertising technologies.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Chad De Guzman, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
In a May 2024 answer to the lawsuit complaint, city attorneys representing the defendants argued that there shouldn't be grounds for a lawsuit and the plaintiffs aren't entitled to any damages.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Luckily, Neal Katyal, the lawyer for the plaintiffs of all people, provided the out that investors may be looking for.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
One was led by drag performers and LGBTQ+ advocates represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas, while the other was filed by the Texas Civil Rights Project, with plaintiffs arguing that the law would negatively affect Texas’ performing arts scene.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 7 Nov. 2025
More than 100 plaintiffs succeeded in winning their freedom.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
That doesn't thrill the plaintiffs, though.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Vargas also didn’t see the arbitration clause as unusually one-sided, as, unlike in cases cited by the plaintiffs, the terms applied to both users and the NBA.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
In both complaints, plaintiffs claim that the health systems shared information with other technology companies through the use of Meta Pixels or other tracking, analytics or advertising technologies.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plaintiffs
complainants
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The complainants argued that in fact, IEEPA doesn’t give the president power to impose taxes or tariffs at all, and it hasn’t been used to do so during any of the 69 times it’s been invoked since it was established in 1977.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Oct. 2025
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Court filings from a 2023 $75 million class-action settlement with Epstein’s victims reveal how Deutsche Bank became what the complainants alleged was the financial backbone of Epstein’s criminal enterprise from 2013 to 2018.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Plaintiffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaintiffs. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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