protested

verb

past tense of protest
1
as in insisted
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 objected
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 protested Last year during Operation Charlotte’s Web, people protested multiple times throughout the operation, including the prominent November 21 protest at Manolo’s Bakery on Central Avenue. — Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026 That America that didn’t want to know, that almost protested too much, that genuinely hated it. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 In 2023, the Writers Guild of America protested a plan to move the outstanding writing for a variety series or special categories out of the Emmy telecast, in order to put the variety special (live) category into the telecast instead. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 17 July 2026 Dale Holness, one of the candidates, protested Wasserman Schultz’s decision to seek reelection in the 20th District. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2026 Homer Township and Homer Glen residents and officials have protested a plan for Badger to relocate its nondestructive hydro-excavation business from Channahon. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026 The program lapsed in June, as Democrats protested Pulte's appointment to the position. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 15 July 2026 Ibiza’s lifers protested its fifth-wave gentrification, and its dance floors got sliced up by VIP booths and lit with teens filming content. — Max Marshall, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026 Groups such as Action for Children’s Television protested this targeting of young audiences, which ultimately led the National Association of Broadcasters to update their Television Code to ban advertising by the program hosts. — Jared Bahir Browsh, The Conversation, 15 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for protested
  1. insisted
  2. objected
  3. alleged
  4. complained
  5. claimed
  6. asserted
  7. contended
  8. declared
Verb
  • Her multi-show stint for the Renaissance tour was meant to be for only one night; however, after reading some negative comments about her first performance, the then-11-year-old insisted on trying again.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026
  • However, Iran has insisted its theocracy is unified after the war under the country’s new supreme leader.
    — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
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  • The ruling allowed for naturists to take over areas of the beach and move along when other beachgoers objected to it.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
  • Kenney and co-counsel Sheryl Leung objected to the request, calling it prior restraint on speech and arguing that the prosecution has not said anything publicly that could be seen as prejudicing potential jurors.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
Definition of objected
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  • Livermore resident Kiersten Skov recently alleged that Haubert’s top aide, Shawn Wilson, offered to direct a charitable donation to a nonprofit of her choice using the county’s discretionary funds.
    — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
  • In a lawsuit filed in April, Paramount subscribers alleged that the acquisition will substantially reduce competition in streaming, news and theatrical distribution.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026
Definition of alleged
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  • Soon, some employees complained that creating large language models was much different from creating hardware, per Bloomberg, believing Musk didn’t understand AI.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 16 July 2026
  • The exploit, which multiple researchers say works, is sending Microsoft scrambling, yet again, to patch a zero-day released by an anonymous researcher who has complained about the software maker’s handling of their bug reports.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Definition of complained
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  • Attorneys for the owners of the landfill, which stopped accepting trash last year, claimed this spring in the litigation that the lawsuits may be tainted by fraud.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • The lefty reliever whom the Cubs claimed off waivers in January is now one of the club’s success stories.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 12 July 2026
Definition of claimed
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  • The palace asserted that there would be no photos released and no details of what was discussed.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
  • In a Fox News op-ed published Monday, the hard-line conservative asserted that the upper chamber takes too many recesses and has too short of a workweek.
    — Matthew Choi, Washington Post, 13 July 2026
Definition of asserted
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  • Lopez cited confidentiality concerns and contended that the DA office’s pursuit of Cybergenetics could be a tactic to glean insight from the defense.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
  • Some reports, meanwhile, have even contended that AI has had no substantive impact on jobs so far.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 15 July 2026
Definition of contended
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  • Iran’s new energy weapon Following the start of US- and Israeli-led attacks on February 28, Iran almost immediately declared the Strait of Hormuz closed, creating the largest oil supply shock in history.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • Miami-Dade Fire Rescue declared Valderrama Murillo dead at the scene.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
Definition of declared

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