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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
The Yellow Vests emerged in 2018 in opposition to fuel-tax increases, before broadening into a movement protesting high living costs and the policies of President Emmanuel Macron. — Jack Sommers, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026 The students were protesting the latest move by the right-wing government of President Kast, whose system-wide budget cuts include education. — John Hopewell, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026 Demonstrators are protesting high costs of living, among other things, as student and teacher unions join Yellow Vests at the mass rallies. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026 Dozens of clergy — Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant — have been jailed, silenced or forced into exile for protesting the 2020 election. — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026 Two Sacramento hotels have become staging grounds for confrontations between federal immigration agents and activists protesting their presence in the city. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026 Sheen has been arrested more than 60 times throughout his life for protesting various causes, and was a friend of the labor leader Dolores Huerta, whose image sits on a table in his dining room. — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026 High school students in France protesting for basic educational needs have been joined by hundreds of thousands of multigenerational protesters angry about the soaring cost of living. — Sarah Gidick, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026 Meanwhile, police in Portugal early Sunday forcibly cleared a tent camp set up in Lisbon by activists protesting against high housing costs. — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 1 Nov. 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
  • OpenAI faces several lawsuits from state AGs and plaintiff attorneys, taking cues from the social media suits in alleging that the design of ChatGPT can pose risks to children.
    — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The family of a victim who suffered a traumatic brain injury and a broken nose filed a lawsuit against Mater Dei and the Diocese of Orange, alleging the Mater Dei administration covered up the incident.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of alleging
Verb
  • Wheeler, Fowler, and others previously signed a letter objecting to the ABC investigation.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In a filing in federal court Monday, the BBC legal team noted that Smith is not objecting to the subpoena.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of objecting
Verb
  • Trump has made false claims about voting fraud, such as insisting noncitizens are casting ballots en masse.
    — Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • If anything, such excessive spending from the world’s richest man sparked a backlash and counter-campaign insisting Texas was not for sale.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of insisting
Verb
  • In November 2023, a lawsuit was filed against UnitedHealthcare, claiming one of its subsidiaries denied claims for post-acute care using an artificial intelligence program without human review.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Gwinnett County was sued by a coalition of left-wing voting rights groups, including the ACLU, SPLC, and Legal Defense Fund, over the weekend, claiming that 1,820 residents did not receive their mail ballots.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of claiming
Verb
  • Wyden also declared expanding healthcare and asserting authority over trade policy as legislative priorities for the upcoming session.
    — Spencer Kimball,Garrett Downs,Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,Justin Papp, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Then in June, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel issued a memo asserting that Section 504 and the ADA don’t actually mandate that states support disabled people to remain integrated in their communities.
    — Rebekah Taussig, Time, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of asserting
Verb
  • There are, naturally, a few bones to pick before declaring victory over aging.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
  • While the Associated Press had not called that race by late Wednesday and the Republican candidate, Dan Green, had not conceded publicly, Soto sent out a statement declaring victory.
    — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of declaring

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“Protesting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protesting. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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