as in militant
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
a crusader for improved safety in coal mines
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Recent Examples of crusader
The free market crusader transferred $5.3 billion of Koch, Inc.'s nonvoting stock to a pair of nonprofits with fewer restrictions on lobbying and politics than traditional charities from 2020 to 2022.
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Sylvan Lebrun, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
In the past decade, as that constituency moved right, Abbott refashioned himself as a conservative crusader and a culture warrior.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Another crusader to protect the Station into the next centuries, space futurist Rick Tumlinson, heaps accolades on the former ESA and NASA directors for issuing their global appeal for a reprieve for the ISS.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Their dueling wins come on the heels of Golden Globe nominations for both performers (Farrell won), and ahead of Reeves’ next Batman movie with Robert Pattinson as the caped crusader — expected in late 2027.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
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Sylvan Lebrun, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
In the past decade, as that constituency moved right, Abbott refashioned himself as a conservative crusader and a culture warrior.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Another crusader to protect the Station into the next centuries, space futurist Rick Tumlinson, heaps accolades on the former ESA and NASA directors for issuing their global appeal for a reprieve for the ISS.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Their dueling wins come on the heels of Golden Globe nominations for both performers (Farrell won), and ahead of Reeves’ next Batman movie with Robert Pattinson as the caped crusader — expected in late 2027.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crusader
Noun
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The other choice is an extreme partisan, someone who is selling out to special interests, has a long history of doing that, and has now tied himself to Elon Musk.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Piazzale Loreto is where the body of dictator Benito Mussolini was strung and up stoned after his execution by Italian partisans.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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The Trump administration used the same argument to detain fellow Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil — who, like Mahdawi, has a green card — and Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Carole Baskin, an animal rights activist and Maldonado's rival, also starred in the show.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The show has turned new fans into believers and pre-existing fans into zealots.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
11 Mar. 2025
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Other folks go the budget route, paying just $10 to $100 per month for rapamycin, an off-label immunosuppressant that’s recently become the darling of longevity zealots.—
Corey Buhay,
Outside Online,
1 Feb. 2025
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Book dispute is one of three religious rights cases The case is one of three religious rights cases the Supreme Court is deciding in the coming weeks, and appears likely to be part of a recent trend of the court siding with religious rights advocates.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Environmental advocates and cheerleaders for biodiversity were overjoyed that the wolves — who in their best moments look a lot like big, cuddly dogs — were making such an astonishing comeback.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Crusader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crusader. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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