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skirmishers

noun

plural of skirmisher
as in challengers

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skirmishers
  1. challengers
  2. defendants
  3. plaintiffs
  4. contestants
  5. advocates
  6. contenders
Noun
  • The Peronists won roughly a third of the vote in last year’s midterms and remain Milei’s likeliest challengers in a presidential runoff next year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Season 42 continues on Wednesday with Matthew Riggle returning as champion to face two new challengers.
    — USA TODAY Staff, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of challengers
Noun
  • While those defendants appeared in a Miami federal court on Monday Pierre appeared before Quebec Superior Court Judge Annie Émond.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The Federal Defender Program represents defendants who cannot afford a lawyer.
    — Reed Williams, AJC.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of defendants
Noun
  • Several plaintiffs who initially filed under Jane and John Doe pseudonyms were ordered by judges to reveal their identities, prompting some to withdraw their cases altogether.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The plaintiffs also claim the president doesn't have the authority to build the arch without approval from Congress.
    — Kristin Wright, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of plaintiffs
Noun
  • Below, find the full list of contestants for The Traitors season five.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Will any contestants get sucked into a chocolate pipe, Augustus Gloop-style?
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of contestants
Noun
  • Such incidental takings are the most common way that endangered animals die, the NYT reported, so advocates fear the move largely guts the ESA.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Too often, environmental advocates insist on the elimination of poaching, logging, and other harmful activities while remaining wholly unfamiliar with the factors at play that lead to predation, neglect, and abuse of nature.
    — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of advocates
Noun
  • See a running list of all of the international feature race contenders here.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The contenders consist of nine novels and one nonfiction book.
    — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of contenders
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“Skirmishers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skirmishers. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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