as in vocal
sounding harsh, forceful, and unpleasant
They heard their boss's strident voice from down the hall. The critical questions began to anger the professor and the tone of her answers became noticeably more strident.
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Recent Examples of strident
In the first piece, Belcher takes a strident approach, with deep feeling and flow.
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Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 11 July 2025
As the technology and its outputs become ubiquitous, AI executives have grown strident, even brazen, about the technology’s stakes.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
Elon Musk announced the formation of a new political party amid his strident criticism of President Donald Trump's signature legislation.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 6 July 2025
And yet, unlike a number of other progressive Democrats who, once elected, have emerged in recent years on the national stage as strident Israel critics, Mamdani did not try to obscure or downplay his identification with the Palestinian cause during his campaign.
—Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 2 July 2025
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Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 11 July 2025
As the technology and its outputs become ubiquitous, AI executives have grown strident, even brazen, about the technology’s stakes.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
Elon Musk announced the formation of a new political party amid his strident criticism of President Donald Trump's signature legislation.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 6 July 2025
And yet, unlike a number of other progressive Democrats who, once elected, have emerged in recent years on the national stage as strident Israel critics, Mamdani did not try to obscure or downplay his identification with the Palestinian cause during his campaign.
—Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strident
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After the 2023 actors strike, some SAG-AFTRA members have been vocal about struggling to qualify for the union’s health plan — an issue both slates appear eager to address.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
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LinkedIn users are bored of their feeds (and vocal about it).—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The Democratic Party is also home to outspoken critics of Israel and much of the Jewish community, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Bernie Sanders, and others.—
Nathan Diament,
New York Daily News,
7 Aug. 2025
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Counter to her brother, Maxine is the outspoken, happy-go-lucky, popular girl who masks her loneliness and sorrow.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The noisy ones have either hope or larceny in their souls.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Rez said platforms should build internal mechanisms that elevated antisemitism protections above noisy or majority-sourced signals in training.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Aug. 2025
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There's some blatant misinformation, like claims that urbanization could be distorting the warming, which has already been tested extensively.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 Aug. 2025
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These moves are blatant efforts to rewrite our history.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Strident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strident. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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