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 Residents have fiercely protested against the deployment of Flock cameras, overrunning town meetings. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 July 2026 Earlier this year students from Emory University protested the use of the cameras on campus and in Atlanta. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 8 July 2026 Parents flooded school board meetings and protested outside City Hall. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026 Australia, Japan, and New Zealand all nevertheless protested the test. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 6 July 2026 Through his music, Guthrie protested inequality and championed social justice, helping define the role of folk music as a vehicle for change. — Steve Appleford, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2026 The center was scheduled to open in late May but was blocked by a Kenyan high court after locals protested. — Alice Park, Time, 2 July 2026 The additional time and expense are among the reasons state workers have protested the change. — Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026 The Hanna’s Town Resolves, a document signed along Forbes Road in 1775 by citizens of Westmoreland County, protested the injustices of the British Parliament. — Salena Zito, Washington Post, 1 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
Definition of insisted
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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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  • In the period that elapsed between the shooting and when police officers searched Langs’ car, there was time for a gun to disappear, Lowthorp asserted.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2026
  • Education advocates have asserted that California schools are legally entitled to billions more under state law.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 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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