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Recent Examples of protestation For all his protestations that these were kids’ flicks, one of the beauties of the prequels was the sense that the director’s primary audience for all these films was himself. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025 The second half of the play unfolds as a series of arguments and sales pitches and insults and protestations over who did what or who might have done what or who needs what the most. Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025 Even as his pain intensified and his leg grew worse without adequate blood flow, he was not immediately relocated to an intensive care unit, but was instead moved for several days between post-anesthesia units, despite Lisa Wolff’s protestations, the suit said. Tony Saavedra, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025 But young, naive Frederic actually finds his soulmate in Mabel, despite the protestations of his nanny Ruth. Greg Evans, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for protestation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for protestation
Noun
  • On Tuesday, the Department of Energy issued an emergency declaration for the Carolinas allowing Duke Energy to exceed pollution limits at its power plants to meet the load brought about by the heatwave.
    Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • The law also limited the deployment of armed forces to 60 days, with a 30-day withdrawal period, in the absence of a formal declaration of war.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • This is because, despite assertions to the contrary, research, such as Dr Sandra Portocarrero’s work on undocumented entrepreneurs in California, has shown that immigrants contribute positively to the economy.
    London School of Economics, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • Those are assertions that will be reexamined as the impact of Saturday’s U.S. bombings becomes clearer. ‘MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN’: Trump, who previously denied wanting to topple Iran’s regime, on Sunday seemed to encourage that idea.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Curaçao’s insistence on fouling Canada in the second half didn’t help matters, either.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 22 June 2025
  • However, the production was troubled from the start, largely due to the director's insistence on shooting on location in Martha's Vineyard; Jaws was the first major film to be shot on the ocean.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025

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“Protestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protestation. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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