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someone who brings a legal action against another person or against whom a legal action is brought
Both litigants chose to represent themselves in court.
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Recent Examples of litigants
While that move failed, the subsequent legal action—which included star quarterbacks Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, and Drew Brees as litigants—led to a federal judge ordering owners to end the lockout.
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Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 May 2026
Gonzalez Rogers heaped praise on the jurors during the trial and alluded to the contrast between them and the billionaire witnesses and litigants.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 15 May 2026
For years, the Northern District of Texas has been favored by conservative litigants.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 13 May 2026
Lawyers at the New York Civil Liberties Union, one of the original litigants in the stop-and-frisk case, also called for the CRT to be shuttered.
—Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 11 May 2026
Job security has been cited by litigants and regulators in recent years in not just the Nexstar deal but a prior one proposed by Tegna with private equity firm Standard General.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 May 2026
City attorneys used the digital program to transfer discovery to opposing counsel and litigants.
—City News Service, Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
Both have been in the press before, with Pomponio behind a rash of lawsuits in Contra Costa County, and Malakauskas having represented two other serial litigants that were featured in a 2014 Modesto Bee investigation.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Frustrated litigants may or may not be the best source to expound on the performance of guardianship judges.
—Jc Hallman, Oklahoma Watch, 22 Mar. 2026
Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 May 2026
Gonzalez Rogers heaped praise on the jurors during the trial and alluded to the contrast between them and the billionaire witnesses and litigants.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 15 May 2026
For years, the Northern District of Texas has been favored by conservative litigants.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 13 May 2026
Lawyers at the New York Civil Liberties Union, one of the original litigants in the stop-and-frisk case, also called for the CRT to be shuttered.
—Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 11 May 2026
Job security has been cited by litigants and regulators in recent years in not just the Nexstar deal but a prior one proposed by Tegna with private equity firm Standard General.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 May 2026
City attorneys used the digital program to transfer discovery to opposing counsel and litigants.
—City News Service, Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
Both have been in the press before, with Pomponio behind a rash of lawsuits in Contra Costa County, and Malakauskas having represented two other serial litigants that were featured in a 2014 Modesto Bee investigation.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Frustrated litigants may or may not be the best source to expound on the performance of guardianship judges.
—Jc Hallman, Oklahoma Watch, 22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for litigants
Noun
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Data from the Circuit Clerk of Cook County shows that 246 out of 3,048 defendants released pre-trial and placed on ankle monitoring are missing and aren't actively wearing their ankle monitor.—
Adam Sabes , Michael Tobin,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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Apparently unbeknownst to the defendants, the meeting continued recording the next hour of interactions between the brothers.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
Noun
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There’s a friendly reception area with a giant chalkboard informing guests of local events, ranging from in-house parties to full moon nights at the Acropolis and big name gigs by the touring artists.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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The surrogacy process has safeguards in place to ensure the safety of all parties involved.—
Ann Marie Luft,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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The plaintiffs, Students for Fair Admissions, had sued Harvard and the University of North Carolina for, allegedly, deploying affirmative action in ways that discriminated against their applications.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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In 2018, the Latino Action Network and the New Jersey chapter of the NAACP, among other plaintiffs, filed a suit arguing that the state’s system of assigning students based on their residence has created racially segregated schools.—
Annie Ma,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Litigants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/litigants. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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