variants
or whistle-blowers
as in informants
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
there are laws to protect whistle-blowers who reveal corporate malfeasance
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Recent Examples of whistleblowers
That bill would require companies building frontier AI models to establish safety frameworks, conduct annual audits, report any critical incidents, and protect whistleblowers.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Pressure to align with the president’s agenda has only increased in recent months as the administration launches probes and recruits whistleblowers.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 15 May 2026
When the internal charges were filed, Stapp said, Jones and Creeden hired a forensic firm to try and find out who the whistleblowers were.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
These whistleblowers sent emails and made phone calls raising concerns.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 7 May 2026
This risk of retaliation would reduce the instances of whistleblowers coming forward.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Definitively identifying seeding trials requires access to internal sponsor documents revealing the intent of the study, and those documents surface only through litigation or whistleblowers.
—Sukhun Kang, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
Apparently, OpenAI decided that the user’s privacy and the potential stress of an encounter with cops outweighed the risks of violence, whistleblowers told The Wall Street Journal.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026
While lawmakers have grilled tech executives and whistleblowers in public hearings, legislative efforts have repeatedly stalled.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Pressure to align with the president’s agenda has only increased in recent months as the administration launches probes and recruits whistleblowers.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 15 May 2026
When the internal charges were filed, Stapp said, Jones and Creeden hired a forensic firm to try and find out who the whistleblowers were.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
These whistleblowers sent emails and made phone calls raising concerns.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 7 May 2026
This risk of retaliation would reduce the instances of whistleblowers coming forward.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Definitively identifying seeding trials requires access to internal sponsor documents revealing the intent of the study, and those documents surface only through litigation or whistleblowers.
—Sukhun Kang, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
Apparently, OpenAI decided that the user’s privacy and the potential stress of an encounter with cops outweighed the risks of violence, whistleblowers told The Wall Street Journal.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026
While lawmakers have grilled tech executives and whistleblowers in public hearings, legislative efforts have repeatedly stalled.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whistleblowers
Noun
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The Justice Department accuses the group of fraud in connection with its payments to informants.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
6 May 2026
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Greylord was a watershed in its use of eavesdropping devices and a mole to obtain evidence instead of relying on wrongdoers to become government informants.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
Noun
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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Security services also rely on informers to tell them who might be using Starlink, and search internet and social media traffic for signs it has been used.—
David Rising,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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That principle is why coal miners once brought canaries underground, as one emergency medicine doctor explained in a recent court declaration.—
Lisa Song,
ProPublica,
7 May 2026
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These living materials could also serve as canaries in the coal mine for water safety, glowing brighter or dimming in the presence of specific toxins.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Whistleblowers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whistleblowers. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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