as in partisans
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
a crusader for improved safety in coal mines
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Recent Examples of crusaders
Anti-porn crusaders of all ilks also hijacked the news of Radvinsky’s passing for their various pro-censorship agendas.
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Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
But the 76-year-old congressman from New York is one of Washington’s few prominent crusaders against the sports-betting industry.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Kennedy has stocked key public health advisory committees with anti-vax crusaders.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
For now, privacy crusaders are left to wait.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 31 Dec. 2025
From anti-porn crusaders to major Statehouse players Founded in the basement of College Hill Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati in 1983, CCV, then called Citizens for Community Values, was waging culture wars before they were even called culture wars.
—Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Dec. 2025
While the action-awareness gap isn’t lost on climate crusaders and corporate comptrollers alike, most climate solutions for reduction start with sentience—fashion included, and no, not just in trend forecasting.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 16 Oct. 2025
Today’s moral crusaders assume an elementary cause-and-effect relationship between books and readers.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
But the 76-year-old congressman from New York is one of Washington’s few prominent crusaders against the sports-betting industry.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Kennedy has stocked key public health advisory committees with anti-vax crusaders.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
For now, privacy crusaders are left to wait.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 31 Dec. 2025
From anti-porn crusaders to major Statehouse players Founded in the basement of College Hill Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati in 1983, CCV, then called Citizens for Community Values, was waging culture wars before they were even called culture wars.
—Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Dec. 2025
While the action-awareness gap isn’t lost on climate crusaders and corporate comptrollers alike, most climate solutions for reduction start with sentience—fashion included, and no, not just in trend forecasting.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 16 Oct. 2025
Today’s moral crusaders assume an elementary cause-and-effect relationship between books and readers.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crusaders
Noun
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Disrupting basic services to millions of Americans in such circumstances only makes sense to die-hard partisans.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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That was the result of angry partisans taking seriously Trump’s bogus election-fraud claims.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
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Washington has boosted claims that attacks on Nigerian Christians by militants constitute genocide — a characterization the Nigerian government strongly refutes.—
Adrian Elimian,
semafor.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Back then, Israel was battling Palestinian militants.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2026
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The war with the United States and Israel has intensified authorities’ threats against anyone speaking to outside media or activists.—
Amir Hussein Radjy,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Those efforts have been hindered by federal court lawsuits that allege Rubio's determinations penalized the activists' free speech.—
Kiki Intarasuwan,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Clara Molot talks to the zealots who are holding the line.—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
17 Mar. 2026
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That title goes to the government of messianic zealots, Arab-hating nationalists and anti-modern ultra-Orthodox Israelis put together by Netanyahu to keep himself in power.—
Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Crusaders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crusaders. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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