OBJECTING Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

objecting

verb

present participle of object

as in protesting

to present an opposing opinion or argument they objected to the conductor's insistence that their train tickets were not valid

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Recent Examples of objecting There has been a lot of agita in 2026 from people objecting to the use of their image, voice, story, music, or sculpture without permission. — Schuyler Moore, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026 Err Content sued the NFL last year, objecting to how the NFL app allegedly infringes its patent. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 July 2026 Benjamin Franklin wrote essays in the 1780s objecting to the use of privateers, despite his backing of privateering during the War of Independence a few years before. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2026 The notion, as echoed by objecting soccer fans, was that corporate and political interests were interfering with the integrity of the match. — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 19 July 2026 The opposition has been so strong that the FCC received over 1,800 public comments on the application, many of them objecting to Reflect Orbital’s plan for Earendil-1. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 10 July 2026 Soon after Kushner announced his project, environmental activists began objecting to its potential ecological implications. — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026 Landry and Murrill have pointed to the 2011 plea deal in objecting to Duncan calling himself exonerated. — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026 Riley wrote that his issue with Scorsese’s support of the technology wasn’t as much about objecting to the 83-year-old filmmaker using AI in his work, but rather about using his influence to push others into using it. — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 4 June 2026

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State workers used the forum to raise $9,000 in under three weeks for an Interstate 80 billboard protesting the RTO order.

— Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Local Democratic officials, including New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, have been arrested at 26 Federal Plaza while protesting immigration policies.

— Brynn Gingras, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Definition of protesting

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The most dangerous toxic candidates are rarely the people who spend the interview openly complaining that their last boss was an idiot.

— Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Khan’s lawyers criticized the process leading to his ouster, complaining that he was blocked from addressing the session Friday and arguing the regulations had been rewritten to disadvantage him.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026