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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
Among the dead were 13 children and 14 non-protesting civilians, HRANA said. — ABC News, 15 Jan. 2026 The death toll includes at least 19 children, 21 non-protesting civilians, and 165 in government or security forces. — The Hill, 17 Jan. 2026
Verb
For all the protesting and political fervor, the universe chose an anticlimax, and the match finished in a 1-1 draw. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026 Most of those protesting were women, according to videos published by Cubanet, a Cuban news outlet based in Miami. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026 Morris' wealthy family had close ties to the Crown, but after graduating from Yale, Lewis started protesting British power. — Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 30 June 2026 The senator even admonished Republican staffers who were protesting outside a DC meeting between the candidate and Senate Democrats. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 July 2026 Alnaji was part of a pro-Palestinian group protesting over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and Kessler was demonstrating in support of Israel, authorities have said. — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 2 July 2026 When the Black Lives Matter protests exploded in the summer of 2020, Harris sent out a fundraising appeal to bail out people who were arrested protesting in Minnesota. — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 27 June 2026 The annual meeting of the Group of Eight industrialized countries opens in Nago, Okinawa; the three-day summit is preceded by demonstrations by about 27,000 people protesting the American military presence on the Japanese island. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026 From December 28, 2025, when Iranians took to the streets of Iran protesting the country’s regime, and during the January 7 and 8, 2026 massacre of Iranians by the IRGC, my music communities were silent. — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 29 June 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
  • Avila's family sued Tesla last week, alleging her death resulted from the company's gross negligence and failure to warn consumers that its self-driving systems were defective.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Raymond said investigators traced the suspect's escape route, alleging Berezovsk fled Monaco immediately after the attack, crossed into southern France and drove to Italy.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Definition of alleging
Verb
  • Riley wrote that his issue with Scorsese’s support of the technology wasn’t as much about objecting to the 83-year-old filmmaker using AI in his work, but rather about using his influence to push others into using it.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • In 2023, the Rutgers University Senate had voted no confidence in Holloway, objecting to several of his actions, including not renewing the contract of Nancy Cantor, the popular chancellor of the Newark campus, and threatening to file an injunction against striking Rutgers faculty.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Definition of objecting
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  • The tabloid publisher repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, insisting that its journalists reported their stories using legitimate sources and asserted the cases had been brought too late.
    — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • So thank you, Taylor, for the gift of your stories, and for insisting on being an authentic voice in a world where the line between real and fake is increasingly blurry.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 July 2026
Definition of insisting
Verb
  • Also requested were documents related to a lawsuit, recently settled for $135,000, claiming Kramer had given an improper assessment of a property and retaliated against an employee who complained.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • In December, former employee Joshua Denton sued the brewery, claiming management ignored years of warnings about OSHA safety violations, did not comply with ADA regulations and wrongfully terminated him.
    — Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026
Definition of claiming
Verb
  • Kavanaugh could have limited his separate opinion to asserting that Trump’s order couldn’t override a federal law, which was all that was needed to decide the case.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The leaders who get the most from this dimension make the connection legible in the work itself rather than asserting it from a stage.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of asserting
Verb
  • That suit has since been dismissed, with a judge declaring the administration's orders to no longer be operational.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • What’s more, declaring Starliner ready for regular crew rotation flights next year would put the Boeing crew capsule a decade behind its original target of 2017.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
Definition of declaring

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