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activist

[ak-tuh-vist] / ˈæk tə vɪst /
NOUN
abolitionist
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NOUN
propagandist
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NOUN
protestor
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Youth activist Murooj Al-Nuwaysa, wearing a pink hijab, said she came with about 25 young men and women, carrying a bouquet of flowers with a card reading, "Our loss is one".

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Daniel Goldman, an activist who specialises in Haredi issues, says that the two main Haredi parties feel increasingly embattled and less open to compromise.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

"We are calling for presidential elections and the return of our leader Maria Corina Machado," 43-year-old opposition activist Erika Cedeno told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Perhaps the unlikeliest member of the group is activist Matt Staniek.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

“You mean... he was an activist? With the civil rights... ?”

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said that "several thousand radical activists gathered at the rear of the march, including around 500 individuals identified as rioters", the AFP news agency reported.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Uyghur activists, nevertheless, have tried to draw attention to Western companies’ operations in the region, especially hotel groups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Yet other scholars, activists and intellectuals have their takes, too, on the Harlem Renaissance’s many political movements and bids for Black self-determination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The shark -- nicknamed "Bukhangi" by fans -- was first spotted in the artificial waterway in the southeastern port city of Busan last month, with environmental activists linking its appearance to climate change.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

About twenty to twenty-five years ago, social activists started a campaign to get rid of unfair, negative racial stereotypes.

From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper


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