Thesaurus results for QUARRELLERS

quarrelers

noun

variants or quarrellers

plural of quarreler

as in defendants

a person who takes part in a dispute known as the quarreler in the family, she never dropped an argument, no matter how pointless

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Prosecutors have requested that the defendants be summoned for questioning, but the judge has not ordered it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Alvin Hellerstein, a federal judge who for decades oversaw some of the country's most high-profile cases, counting among his defendants presidents and CEOs, has died, a spokesperson for the Southern District of New York confirmed Wednesday.

— Graham Kates, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of defendants

Noun

The lawsuit is different from previous legal action against the president -- first, in that the plaintiffs are ordinary citizens, shifting the focus from news gatherers to news consumers, and thus implying a much larger pool of stakeholders.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
The individual plaintiffs join the three news outlets in filing a First Amendment lawsuit against the administration.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of plaintiffs

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The witness, who also spoke on condition of anonymity in fear of reprisals, said civilians in Nyala often gather wherever fighters congregate to sell food and tea to earn a living amid widespread unemployment and few sources of income.

— YASSIR ABDALLA, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
The witness, who also spoke on condition of anonymity in fear of reprisals, said that civilians in Nyala often gather wherever fighters congregate to sell food and tea to earn a living amid widespread unemployment and few sources of income.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of fighters

Noun

The accomplishments of athletes are every bit as impressive and legitimate as those of dancers, debaters, and oboists.

— Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026
Research has previously shown that AI models can be extremely persuasive, more so than even the best human salespeople or debaters.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of debaters

Noun

There’s something so unsettling about a game show where the contestants’ well-being is not considered, and The Tonight Show leaned into that uncanniness to great effect.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Instead of contestants going solo over a balance beam between platforms, three players had to work together to get a ball balanced on a disc over the beam.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2026

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