activist
noun
an especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, especially a political cause.
activists
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pluralof activist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But annual reports record far lower totals, among the opaque details activists wanted clarified.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Someone in the area can be heard using whistles, a tool that some activists have employed to alert people when ICE is in the area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
He says judges sometimes criticise the young activists over their alleged actions even before the trial has started.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
French media has also asked whether there's been an alliance of convenience, however informal or incidental, between two groups of youths: ultra-left activists and young people from France's disadvantaged neighbourhoods.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
In the charred areas behind the fires were the blackened spikes of trees, many of them of species that activists fight to save in other parts of Amazonia.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
