variants
or whistle-blowers
as in informants
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
there are laws to protect whistle-blowers who reveal corporate malfeasance
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Recent Examples of whistleblowers
The protection of sources gains special importance in the case of whistleblowers, in which investigative reporters and sources collaborate to reveal abuses of power.
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Florian Wintterlin, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
While lawmakers have grilled tech executives and whistleblowers in public hearings, legislative efforts have repeatedly stalled.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
The aftermath revealed a culture where whistleblowers were silenced and safety was secondary to production speed.
—John Pacenti, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
My administration will establish clear policy that bans deputy gangs and gang-like behavior, protect whistleblowers, and create safe, independent channels to report misconduct.
—Opinion Staff, Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
That story may even evolve over time based on witness reports, analysis by independent NGOs, and government reports—whether released on purpose or through whistleblowers.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Much of the internal research used in this week’s trials didn’t contain new revelations, and many of the documents had already been released by other whistleblowers, said Sacha Haworth, executive director of the Tech Oversight Project.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 29 Mar. 2026
Jurors also heard testimony from Meta executives, platform engineers, whistleblowers who left the company, psychiatric experts and tech safety consultants.
—Morgan Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Jurors also heard testimony from Meta executives, platform engineers, whistleblowers who left the company, psychiatric experts and tech-safety consultants.
—CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Florian Wintterlin, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
While lawmakers have grilled tech executives and whistleblowers in public hearings, legislative efforts have repeatedly stalled.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
The aftermath revealed a culture where whistleblowers were silenced and safety was secondary to production speed.
—John Pacenti, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
My administration will establish clear policy that bans deputy gangs and gang-like behavior, protect whistleblowers, and create safe, independent channels to report misconduct.
—Opinion Staff, Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
That story may even evolve over time based on witness reports, analysis by independent NGOs, and government reports—whether released on purpose or through whistleblowers.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Much of the internal research used in this week’s trials didn’t contain new revelations, and many of the documents had already been released by other whistleblowers, said Sacha Haworth, executive director of the Tech Oversight Project.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 29 Mar. 2026
Jurors also heard testimony from Meta executives, platform engineers, whistleblowers who left the company, psychiatric experts and tech safety consultants.
—Morgan Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Jurors also heard testimony from Meta executives, platform engineers, whistleblowers who left the company, psychiatric experts and tech-safety consultants.
—CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whistleblowers
Noun
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Closer to home, agents searched houses across New England, relying heavily on informants.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Federal prosecutors in Alabama secured an 11-count indictment accusing the organization of paying millions of dollars to some of those undercover informants and hiding the real purpose of the payments from its donors.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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Security services also rely on informers to tell them who might be using Starlink, and search internet and social media traffic for signs it has been used.—
David Rising,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The proverbial canaries in coal mines will then cause a recession.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2026
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By crunching data from millions of monthly payroll records for workers in jobs with exposure to generative AI, the authors concluded that workers ages 22 to 25—the canaries—have seen about a 13 percent decline in employment since late 2022.—
Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Whistleblowers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whistleblowers. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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