vindicator
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vindicator
First recorded in 1560–70; vindicat(e) ( def. ) + -or 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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An extreme case of the withering of local news over the past decade is Youngstown, Ohio, where the beloved 150-year-old daily newspaper, the Vindicator, abruptly went out of business in 2019.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2021
In Ohio, the 150-year-old Youngstown Vindicator newspaper shut its doors, and the entire staff of the New Orleans Time-Picayune was laid off after the paper was purchased by The Advocate, another Louisiana newspaper.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2020
In Youngstown, Ohio, the Vindicator was slated to close until a recent deal was struck to keep it publishing as an edition of a nearby daily.
From Washington Times • Sep. 21, 2019
For 150 years, The Vindicator newspaper of Youngstown, Ohio has battled powerful foes from the Ku Klux Klan to the mafia.
From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 2019
She has her perfidious Lover for her Vindicator.
From Clarissa: Preface, Hints of Prefaces, and Postscript by Richardson, Samuel
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