as in objection
a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent
despite the earnest expostulations of her friends, Jessica continued to date the foul-tempered guy
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Recent Examples of expostulation
The pages of No More are composed of gnomic iterations, fragments of thought or expostulation, and dialogue with her devoted partner Yann Andréa, who compiled No More in the penultimate year of her life.
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Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
The pages of No More are composed of gnomic iterations, fragments of thought or expostulation, and dialogue with her devoted partner Yann Andréa, who compiled No More in the penultimate year of her life.
—Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
The pages of No More are composed of gnomic iterations, fragments of thought or expostulation, and dialogue with her devoted partner Yann Andréa, who compiled No More in the penultimate year of her life.
—Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expostulation
Noun
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And as the district court pointed out, changing the venue to remedy the government's improper conduct — over Jacobs's objection — may not serve the interests of justice.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
23 May 2026
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The deepest objection to all of this is older than Silicon Valley.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
Noun
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Two exceptions to that rule are Chase Ultimate Rewards® and Wells Fargo Rewards, which both allow point transfers (with the right credit card) and 1-cent-per-point cash redemptions via statement credits or deposits into eligible bank accounts.—
Jason Stauffer,
CNBC,
25 May 2026
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Much of the West remains warm and dry with the exception being parts of the Pacific Northwest as rain moves in by Monday afternoon across western Oregon and Washington, including the cities of Portland and Seattle.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 May 2026
Noun
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The investigative document, much of which is redacted, said the investigation was prompted by a 2024 anonymous complaint.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
27 May 2026
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Another frightening similarity between today and the pre-1914 world is the conflation of complaints that Great Powers have against one another.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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“Expostulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expostulation. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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