as in to object
to present an opposing opinion or argument
the concerned parents tried to expostulate with their daughter when she announced her intention to live on her own in New York City
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Recent Examples of expostulate
But her style, it is suggested (for what happened at those audiences was wholly confidential) was never to expostulate – merely to ask a leading question, or to drop a subtle hint.
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Sarah Gristwood, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022
Sarah Gristwood, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022
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Cuban copyright experts, for their part, have objected to the de facto legalization of private piracy.Laura-Zoë Humphreys and Daymar Valdés Frigola / Made by History, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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Like many others in the music industry, including ABBA and the Foo Fighters, Willis initially objected to his song being used by Trump.Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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Several aldermen protested the move, and a number of angry residents shouted their opposition to the meeting’s abrupt end.Jim Talamonti | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Dec. 2024
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By Tuesday morning, just hours after prosecutors filed murder charges against former Towson resident and Gilman School valedictorian Luigi Nicholas Mangione, 26, thousands of Baltimore commuters were greeted along southbound Interstate 83 by a handmade banner that protested U.S. health care policy.Riley Gutiérrez McDermid, Baltimore Sun, 11 Dec. 2024
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Girding for battle at USC Pay is at the center of union organizing at USC, where non-tenure track professors complain of semester-to-semester contracts with little job security, minimal or nonexistent raises and moves by the university to cut benefits.Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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If corporate leaders complain about these directives’ effects on their bottom lines, Trump’s team could force CISA to scale back its use of this authority.Eric Geller, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Expostulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expostulate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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