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or whistle-blower
as in reporter
a person who provides information about wrongdoing (as of an employer)
There are laws to protect whistleblowers who reveal govermental malfeasance.
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Musk and Altman's feud escalates The conflict between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has intensified after Musk amplified a conspiracy theory that an OpenAI whistleblower, whose death had been officially deemed a suicide, was actually murdered.
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Diane Brady, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
The hearing featured testimony from multiple witnesses described as whistleblowers with experience in military UAP incidents.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
The case, brought by a whistleblower, showed that cybersecurity misrepresentation would be treated as fraud against the government.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Continue reading … SAFETY GAPS – Hawley pushes legal action against Meta after whistleblowers detail child abuse in VR.
—FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Diane Brady, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
The hearing featured testimony from multiple witnesses described as whistleblowers with experience in military UAP incidents.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
The case, brought by a whistleblower, showed that cybersecurity misrepresentation would be treated as fraud against the government.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Continue reading … SAFETY GAPS – Hawley pushes legal action against Meta after whistleblowers detail child abuse in VR.
—FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whistleblower
Noun
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Gabe Hauari is a national trending news reporter at USA TODAY.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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Shomik Mukherjee is a reporter covering Oakland.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This is mostly an over-the-top spy thriller with wild shootouts, great suspense and some really intense action, but this scene took it to another level entirely.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Padrino accused Washington of sharply intensifying aerial surveillance of Venezuela, citing a surge in spy flights last month.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
15 Sep. 2025
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