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adjective

as in complaining

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verb

present participle of protest
1
as in alleging
to state as a fact usually forcefully he protested that he usually was very good at baseball, and all the strikeouts were just bad luck

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2
as in objecting
to present an opposing opinion or argument plans to protest against the judge's ruling regarding admissible evidence

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Recent Examples of protesting
Adjective
The death toll includes at least 19 children, 21 non-protesting civilians, and 165 in government or security forces. — The Hill, 17 Jan. 2026 Among the dead were 13 children and 14 non-protesting civilians, HRANA said. — ABC News, 15 Jan. 2026
Verb
On Tuesday, five months after she was arrested for protesting at the Florida Capitol, Nixon was ordered to pay a $250 fine and complete 15 hours of community service rather than endure a trial. — Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026 Hannah Einbinder’s voice has not been silenced since her arrest for protesting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York City on Thursday. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026 Also present at the demonstration were Cynthia Nixon, Elliot Page, Chelsea Manning, Glennon Doyle, Sarah Sherman, Mary Beth Barone, Indya Moore and Caleb Hearon, protesting Netanyahu and the ongoing strikes on Gaza in the Israel-Hamas conflict. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026 In June 2020, a majority of Clemson’s football team joined a march of roughly 3,000 people protesting police brutality. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Members of the group earlier this week were protesting outside Paramount headquarters in Hollywood following the surprise settlement news. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2026 Nariman was arrested for protesting the government in Iran as a teenager. — Ali Bauman, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2026 Videos of Soliman protesting against the treatment by the authorities and being held at gunpoint by a police officer in the hotel have been published in international media. — Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026 There’s a scene where the locals are protesting the construction of a nuclear power plant in the town. — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for protesting
  1. complaining
  2. alleging
  3. objecting
  4. insisting
  5. claiming
  6. asserting
  7. declaring
Adjective
  • An energy vampire has bad body language, the complaining look on their face, the vocal complainer.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
Definition of complaining
Verb
  • Different views on the topic Bianco’s legal team argued that the sheriff had a duty to investigate a complaint alleging discrepancies in the election and had acted lawfully after obtaining search warrants from a neutral magistrate.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • She’s accused by a creative agency alleging $1 million in unpaid fees.
    — Shane O’Neill, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of alleging
Verb
  • Since hitting the internet, the ad has triggered a negative reaction among those objecting to its sexualization of women in sports.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
  • One group of objecting healthcare providers already has won a narrow reprieve.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of objecting
Verb
  • Yigal Carmon, a conservative retired colonel in Israeli military intelligence and the founder of MEMRI, a research center that monitors media across the Muslim world, had spent years insisting that Qatar was a sponsor of terrorism.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The alliance, which represents most of those agencies, has argued in recent years for a major adjustment in state compensation, insisting payments have lagged inflation for more than a decade, costing the industry more than $300 million annually.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of insisting
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  • Last Monday, the three news outlets filed suit, claiming that the ban violated their First Amendment rights.
    — Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026
  • In fact, Crawford said, her organization has represented several asylum cases for LGBTQ Cameroonian nationals claiming persecution due to their sexuality.
    — Mick Krever, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of claiming
Verb
  • Boutrous pushed back on the claim, asserting that the first mention of national security came only days after the ban was imposed.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026
  • But that is different from reserving the right, in advance, to misbehave — or asserting that your brother-in-law was not actually forgiven.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of asserting
Verb
  • When the trial reconvened less than 30 minutes later, a statement was read aloud declaring that Bulone had found Kosowski guilty of first-degree murder.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Newsom spoke with European Union Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra on Tuesday during New York’s Climate Week, a day after declaring a state of emergency as California braces for one of the strongest storms on record.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
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“Protesting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protesting. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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