How to Use activist in a Sentence

activist

1 of 2 noun
  • Jack Butler Pro-life activists in the Buckeye State look to buck a bad trend.
    Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 12 Oct. 2023
  • But activists have balked at the idea that flag waving could lead to arrests.
    Beatriz Ríos, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Richie recalls of the legendary performer and activist who died last year at age 96.
    Mikael Wood, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2024
  • At least 22 activists were kidnapped that year, and 13 are still missing.
    Niniek Karmini and Edna Tariganthe Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Party activists want to work for the party, not just raise money.
    TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Teran set up their tent here with dozens of other activists.
    Hilary Beaumont, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
  • But users and activists who had come to rely on that flag suddenly found themselves in the dark last month.
    Paresh Dave, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The activists also have failed to get other world leaders to back their demands for change.
    John Eligon Joao Silva, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • One of those agents revealed in a sting that the lethal nerve agent Novichok had been planted in the activist’s underpants.
    Laura Smith-Spark, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Ellsberg spent much of the rest of his life as prominent anti-war activist.
    Conor Murray, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • From the grass-roots activists to the multi-state operators (MSOs), most of us who have been here for a while aren’t focused on the money.
    Matt Hutchinson, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
  • This is the result of a campaign led by Arab-American activists to use the ballot box to pressure Biden to call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
    USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Seven of the activists have been accused of assaulting the motorist.
    Stephanie Mendez, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2023
  • One way to learn about the neighborhood that inspired artists and writers, activists and poets, is by walking among the streets now named for many of them.
    Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The Star was looking for Black, local grassroots activists and had gotten a tip that Stacer and Heartland would fit that bill.
    Mará Rose Williams, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2024
  • And that’s fine; activists should always agitate for more.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 10 July 2023
  • Thirty-six of his friends — writers, scholars, activists and lawyers — had been detained or sentenced to prison.
    Han Zhang, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Howard Ray, a community activist, has lived in Austin for almost three decades.
    Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Climate change is being put at the forefront thanks to a group of dedicated young activists.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Of course, the Democratic activist pretending to be a judge is chomping at the bit to lock up Donald Trump, with or without a guilty verdict.
    Fox News, 8 May 2024
  • He and his third wife, activist Alejandra Silva, have been married since 2018.
    Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2024
  • That one was waved by a member of Nikkei Progressives, an activist group whose membership trends older.
    Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • To many observers, that sounds uncomfortably close to the kind of threat that the Klan used to issue to civil rights activists, and that modern-day racists continue to spout today.
    Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2023
  • One activist cited by the outlet said the illicit operation can sell a pound of cat meat for around $4 by passing them off as mutton and pork.
    Chris Lau, CNN, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Since then, the nation has seen an uptick in legal challenges from conservative activists.
    Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Turns out Dublin’s number one son, social activist and rock god philanthropist also had a fear of meeting people.
    Henry Everingham, Spin, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Palestinian activist and blogger Akil Awawdeh said the group abuses its power in the West Bank and punishes anyone who dares speak out against it.
    Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
  • For the rest of his life, Mr. Bennett was a quiet political activist and advocate for civil rights.
    Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • For some activists, the answer is to make universities more, well, corporate.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Protesters along the perimeter of the zone allegedly blocked Jewish students from walking through, as anti-Israel activists used force, harassment and threats of violence.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 30 Apr. 2024
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activist

2 of 2 adjective
  • Our only hope against this evil is the activist outrage of these parents groups and, of course, the grace of almighty God.
    For The Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2024
  • That doesn’t leave a lot of room for taking advice from activist groups.
    Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 6 May 2024
  • Maybe that’s because the activist firm is loading up on shares, pushing up the price.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Also, all the while, he's remained one of the greatest activist voices of our time.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
  • There are activist students who stand up for a cease-fire and push the district to teach them more about Palestine.
    Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 7 May 2024
  • One of the activist groups, Safe Street Rebel, has even found a way to make the cars shut down by simply placing a traffic cone on their hood.
    Yiwen Lu, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • About $10 million in student loans were canceled on Monday—all thanks to the work of an activist group.
    Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Younger and more activist progressive Democrats seem less inclined to give Mr. Biden the benefit of the doubt.
    Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The Journal reported that an activist investor has built a stake in the company and plans to push for changes.
    WSJ, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Among those present was a spokesman for the activist group Palestine Speaks, who asked not to be identified over concerns about hate mail.
    Erika Solomon, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Disney will have to deal with a new proxy fight, as activist investor Nelson Peltz will seek board seats at the company.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Dawson hopes that Rio Dawn can attract supporters who may not have found their space thus far in the activist movement.
    Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Are there artists or people within the industry now who share the activist instinct of your heyday?
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 26 June 2023
  • The share price tanked, activist investors threw him out, and Danone had no option but to go back to its previous business model.
    WIRED, 30 June 2023
  • Daniel says their mom had to push Teran to finish school because they were distracted by their activist groups.
    Hilary Beaumont, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Yet the left lacks the support structures for activist students that the right has engineered over several decades.
    Claire Potter, The New Republic, 28 June 2023
  • At the same time, activist investors are attempting a buyout of Macy’s.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Solidaire now distributes tens of millions of dollars a year to activist groups.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Now the activist investor is faced with the ultimate fixer upper.
    Carol Ryan, WSJ, 13 June 2023
  • Salesforce’s stock is down 17% since the deal closed, and activist investors have pressured the company to be more efficient.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 1 June 2023
  • Of that, half of those proposals that have been submitted, roughly half of those have been submitted by just three activist groups.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
  • French police made use of drones to film the chaos, sparking concern among privacy defenders and activist groups.
    Haley Chi-Sing, Fox News, 1 May 2023
  • The rally was organized by activist groups who want to legalize the outpost at Evyatar.
    Celine Alkhaldi, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
  • When all is said and done, perhaps Benioff should offer lessons on value creation to activist investors.
    Steven Tian, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Also on hand is Kyra Jones, an activist filmmaker who provides hints of what restorative justice might look like.
    Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • There’s the famed activist investor Carl Icahn, who, at age 87, still runs his Icahn Enterprises.
    Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Delisting would allow Toshiba to leave behind the activist investors.
    Yuri Kageyama, ajc, 24 Mar. 2023
  • She was also deeply engaged in activist politics throughout the ’60s.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Michelle Gustafson/Bloomberg News Hanesbrands has drawn an activist investor who is pushing the underwear company to make changes to its board and other moves to reverse a slide in its stock.
    Lauren Thomas, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Kohl’s is under pressure from activist shareholders to turn around its business.
    BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023

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