Thesaurus results for DISPUTANT

disputant

noun

di-ˈspyü-tᵊnt

Definition of disputant

as in defendant

a person who takes part in a dispute there were only three disputants in the argument, but they made enough noise for a dozen

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Recent Examples of disputant The Jay Treaty asked the disputants merely to start a process leading to the appointment of arbitrators qualified to decide their disputes fairly and finally. — Tom Bell, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025 The audience and actor are like disputants kept in different rooms, forbidden to see each other fully. — Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 However, if the harassment or dispute is simply two neighbors being un-neighborly toward each other, the HOA’s best response may be to offer a volunteer board member to meet with the disputants to try to host a discussion between them. — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025 My disputant’s particular problem wasn’t with Carpenter’s voice but with its anodyne middle-of-the-road context (both musically and culturally). — Wesley Stace, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2018 The debate over medicine today is like that baby, but with disputants who won’t fall for Solomon’s trick. — Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, National Review, 24 Oct. 2017 One way for other financial centres, such as Dubai and Singapore, to compete is by becoming hubs for arbitration—by agreeing to abide by the decision of a tribunal, disputants can bypass courts entirely. — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017

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Noun

Benjamin Song, the lead defendant in the Texas case, furthered his activist career in a leftist gun club that used the A/I Collective’s NoBlogs platform to post pro-insurrection messaging.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026
Surveillance video from the Cedar Glenn complex showed Brunson, Newman, and another unnamed co-defendant jumping a fence, approaching a Chevrolet Suburban, and fleeing after being confronted by a witness.

— Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of defendant

Noun

The plaintiffs asked a Sacramento federal judge to block the enforcement of SB 54 until the court has ruled on the constitutionality of the law.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Mosseri said the plaintiff lawyers are incorrect in suggesting that Meta also reduced the number of researchers studying youth mental health harms after Haugen’s leaks.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of plaintiff

Noun

Research has previously shown that AI models can be extremely persuasive, more so than even the best human salespeople or debaters.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Personal laptops allow debaters to research, organize evidence and prepare for tournaments during free periods.

— Kavin Bendre, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of debater

Noun

Popular and literary myth tells that when martyrs die on the soil, the earth receiving their blood will give forth new fighters, thus the roses scattered on the cracking mud.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Well, Kaatri is a fighter and the warlock at the heart of this story.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of fighter

Noun

Fifty-one contestants — one representative from each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia — vied for the crown.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Brandi is a successful podcaster, co-hosting Your Favorite Things with Wells Adams (former Bachelorette contestant and husband of actress Sarah Hyland).

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of contestant

Noun

So are 44 of 50 state attorneys general, dozens of Indian tribes, consumer advocates, addiction experts, and an increasingly bipartisan contingent on Capitol Hill.

— Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Satish Thiagarjan, founder and CEO of Brysa, advocates using a scoring system rather than relying on instinct.

— Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of advocate

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