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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
The death toll includes at least 19 children, 21 non-protesting civilians, and 165 in government or security forces. — The Hill, 17 Jan. 2026 Among the dead were 13 children and 14 non-protesting civilians, HRANA said. — ABC News, 15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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
  • The bigger prize, Turkey's return to the F-35 program it was expelled from over its Russian S-400s, is stuck in a US review that Vice President JD Vance is running in Washington, with Israel objecting.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Soon after Kushner announced his project, environmental activists began objecting to its potential ecological implications.
    — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 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
  • The buzzy, balls-to-the-wall sci-fi action-thriller shook up a slumbering Cannes earlier this year with a late night slot in Competition, emerging with many already declaring the 160-minute film to be a cult classic.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 9 July 2026
  • Air traffic control recordings captured the moments surrounding the incident, including the pilot declaring a mayday before the aircraft came down in the river.
    — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of declaring

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