as in declaration
a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something
the governor went on television to make a passionate protestation of his innocence in the bribery scandal
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Recent Examples of protestation
For all his protestations that these were kids’ flicks, one of the beauties of the prequels was the sense that the director’s primary audience for all these films was himself.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
The second half of the play unfolds as a series of arguments and sales pitches and insults and protestations over who did what or who might have done what or who needs what the most.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
Even as his pain intensified and his leg grew worse without adequate blood flow, he was not immediately relocated to an intensive care unit, but was instead moved for several days between post-anesthesia units, despite Lisa Wolff’s protestations, the suit said.
—Tony Saavedra, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
But young, naive Frederic actually finds his soulmate in Mabel, despite the protestations of his nanny Ruth.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
The second half of the play unfolds as a series of arguments and sales pitches and insults and protestations over who did what or who might have done what or who needs what the most.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
Even as his pain intensified and his leg grew worse without adequate blood flow, he was not immediately relocated to an intensive care unit, but was instead moved for several days between post-anesthesia units, despite Lisa Wolff’s protestations, the suit said.
—Tony Saavedra, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
But young, naive Frederic actually finds his soulmate in Mabel, despite the protestations of his nanny Ruth.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for protestation
Noun
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Stan Douglas is a powerful, one-of-a-kind artist who doesn’t declare his importance through flash or by making press-ready declarations about how to look at his various films and photographs through the lens of autobiography.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
1 Aug. 2025
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Trump has also cracked down on what was known as the de minimis exemption, which exempted small shipments valued at $800 or less from customs duties and declarations.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
1 Aug. 2025
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Phelan batted aside several assertions, saying the measure targets candidates and campaign operatives who would deceive voters with fake images that often look real.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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There are four myths here, beginning with the assertion that the recession was caused by too much private sector greed and risk-taking and too little government supervision.—
John C. Goodman,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025
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The two sides squabbled over America’s insistence on high tariffs for steel and aluminum, looming tariffs on pharmaceuticals and the tariff floor for virtually all goods that the Trump administration appears set to raise to 15%.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
27 July 2025
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Initially, something about Too Much’s insistence on citing rom-coms in its episode titles while so stubbornly resisting romance felt galling to me.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
17 July 2025
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“Protestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protestation. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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