prodder

Definition of proddernext

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Noun
  • Today, while a prompter interacts directly with the separate query, an architect is a multi-responsible person.
    Taras Tymoshchuk, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • As always, let the prompter beware.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Well after the first Darfur war had faded from headlines, this duo continued to put down rebel groups throughout the country through brutal methods.
    Janine di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026
  • Finding an off-ramp is increasingly becoming necessary for GOP leadership as House rebels threaten to shut down the floor in the absence of a path forward.
    David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Minions & Monsters sees the pint-sized yellow troublemakers in 1920s Hollywood trying to make a creature feature.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2026
  • Sirianni hesitates for a moment, like the school troublemaker on the verge of another unpleasant trip to the principal’s office.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Gray is endorsed by Kansas City’s branch of the Democratic Socialists of America, and represents the insurgent left flank of the Democratic Party in the race.
    Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2026
  • Out went what was left of country-club Republicanism; in came the Fifth Avenue insurgent and his MAGA hordes.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • As genetics, psychology, and neuroscience ascended, the twentieth century sent physiognomy back into disrepute, and today, from Lavater to Lombroso, its promoters may seem a racist shade of quaint.
    Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • During The Huns’ audition at the Cellar, Nugent was standing next to club owner/promoter Paul Sampson, who was skeptical of the group’s Catholic schoolboy looks — braces, short haircuts and all.
    Chris Placek, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • Opportunists like the daycare group, which was selling weapons, and extremists — not the hobbyists.
    Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
  • Many of these decisions were made so Netanyahu could retain the support of the far-right extremists keeping him in power and avoid a possible jail sentence on corruption charges.
    Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Stream-access proponents took a similar approach in 2010, after a landowner on the Taylor River strung cables from bank to bank to keep a rafting company from floating down.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
  • There isn't time for proponents to get a new measure on this year's ballot and state law requires any measures brought in odd years be limited to questions related to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR).
    Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Adults should receive a tetanus booster every 10 years thereafter.
    Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • This will be the 29th flight for this particular booster, tail number 1078, whose previous experience includes NASA's Crew-6 launch to the International Space Station, a Space Force mission and 23 Starlink launches, among others.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 22 June 2026
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“Prodder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prodder. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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