REMONSTRATED (WITH) Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

remonstrated (with)

verb

past tense of remonstrate (with)

as in objected

to present an opposing opinion or argument discouraged her from remonstrating with her father, whose mind was obviously made up

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All three objected to the Supreme Court decision, in June, that shielded Monsanto (now owned by Bayer) from liability for failing to warn customers that glyphosate may be carcinogenic.

— Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Ukraine, for instance, supported efforts to correct distortions about Africa, but objected to the depiction of Ukrainian territory currently occupied by Russia.

— Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026

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Other outlets, like the New York Times, have protested the ban in other ways, like withholding their use of images from the White House.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2026
The decision followed a walkout at Lincoln-Way East where about 50 students protested the racist taunting by their peers at the football game against H-F, along with similar actions alleged at a girls cross-country meet the following day.

— Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

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