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
Worse, Google's Gemini AI, despite Alphabet's protestations, diminishes the value of search.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
This episode firmly establishes that Rosa and Yancy are boyfriend-girlfriends, despite Yancy’s protestations.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024
Project 2025, a manifesto created by the conservative organization The Heritage Project and a playbook of likely actions to be taken within the first 180 days in office if Donald Trump is elected (despite his protestations about the plan).
—Jasmine Browley, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Despite protestations from those close to him about moving to Apple, Cook felt the move was necessary.
—Natalie McCormick, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
This episode firmly establishes that Rosa and Yancy are boyfriend-girlfriends, despite Yancy’s protestations.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024
Project 2025, a manifesto created by the conservative organization The Heritage Project and a playbook of likely actions to be taken within the first 180 days in office if Donald Trump is elected (despite his protestations about the plan).
—Jasmine Browley, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Despite protestations from those close to him about moving to Apple, Cook felt the move was necessary.
—Natalie McCormick, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for protestation
Noun
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That same day, DeSantis sent out his own declaration, adopting the change in language in an emergency order about extreme weather arriving Tuesday in the northern reaches of Florida.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2025
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This won’t stop the market from trading each flash headline about the cadence and scope of tariffs, the breadth of any immigrant deportation plans and sundry deregulatory declarations.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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Yet those assertions feel hollow for homeowners whose own, often extensive, mitigation spending is routinely ignored by insurance companies.—
Carmen Balber,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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For Black creators, saying no is not just a rejection of misaligned opportunities but also an assertion of their value and boundaries.—
Lyric Christian,
Essence,
16 Jan. 2025
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The filing dissects Geoff’s declarations to an Argentine prosecutor in the days following the singer’s death, pulling out the numerous insistences where the pop star’s father claims that Liam was in Nores’ care.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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Dyche, though, was stubborn in his insistence that the Senegal forward was better on the wing and instead persisted with two square pegs in Abdoulaye Doucoure and Dwight McNeil.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Protestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protestation. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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