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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During the campaign, Cordero-Stutz objected to cuts in the overtime dollars from the 2024 police budget and urged commissioners to beef up funds for new police academy classes.Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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The 2020 election certification by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, was interrupted by a violent mob, while Monday’s session marked the first time since 1989 that a presidential victory in the Electoral College was not objected to by some members of Congress.Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Jan. 2025
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But health insurers have protested, arguing the policy is akin to cutting seniors' health benefits.Maya Goldman, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
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Ten years later, Bejarano protested the government, then flew to the U.S. to escape political persecution as an outspoken opponent of the Maduro regime.Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2025
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Many residents at the town hall complained about feeling unsafe at their local Giant or Weis supermarkets, seeing panhandlers, loitering and graffiti in and around these areas.Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
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Some of the agency’s top Middle East diplomats complained in private that they were sidelined by Biden’s National Security Council.Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Expostulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expostulate. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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