resistants

Definition of resistantsnext
plural of resistant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for resistants
Noun
  • Syria’s al-Assad went down after Israel gutted Lebanese Hezbollah, following which Turkish aided and directed insurgents representing a minority of the country marched into Damascus.
    Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The failing economy would accomplish what [Cowley] and his fellow literary insurgents had been unable to.
    Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • By providing only air cover for the rebels, our intervention left the situation on the ground to the local competing forces, tribes and militias, which were divided then and remain divided to this day.
    Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • He's accused of running a network that partnered with violent groups including Mexico’s Sinaloa and Zetas cartels, Colombian FARC rebels and Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But 2026 isn’t 2022, with years of GOP control giving challengers clearer lines of attack.
    Karen Brooks Harper, Dallas Morning News, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Quigley has filed for re-election for his current seat in Congress and faces four challengers in the Democratic primary election in March.
    Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Parts of the movie were adapted from the novel Vineland, and some of the radical groups and revolutionaries were loosely inspired by real-life movements from the 1960s and 1970s.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Sometimes revolutionaries come on the scene, guiding how mathematicians think about a particular field for generations.
    Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Reports began to filter in that insurrectionists, some of whom were believed to be armed and on a mission to kill, had breached the Capitol.
    Zach Fisch, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The guns stay on store shelves, insurrectionists get pardoned, and pundits keep telling leftists to stop talking about trans rights.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Resistants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resistants. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.

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