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  • noun Plural form of detractor.

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Examples

  • Stephen Trout, the new fellow that Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown has brought in to run the state elections division, has some detractors from a recent gig in California.

    New Oregon elections guy not universally beloved (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • They are detractors from the the real issues and meaningful debates on subjects that could move this country forward ..

    Think Progress » GOP Sen. Dick Lugar rebukes Cheney criticism of Obama as ‘unfair.’ 2010

  • Stephen Trout, the new fellow that Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown has brought in to run the state elections division, has some detractors from a recent gig in California.

    Jack Bog's Blog: August 2009 Archives 2009

  • Going off on a rabid rant at your detractors is going to make you look like an asstard and just rally them to the cause of mockery and mob howling-screechiness.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Hal Duncan 2007

  • The role of hybrids in the recent history of the Finger Lakes and their various propopents and detractors is something I'd like to know more about.

    Party On at Bully Hill 2007

  • Going off on a rabid rant at your detractors is going to make you look like an asstard and just rally them to the cause of mockery and mob howling-screechiness.

    The Dufus Dollar Hal Duncan 2007

  • But as he prepares a White House bid, a small group of detractors is determined to expose him as a wartime traitor.

    Think Progress » McCain: Murtha “Has Become Too Emotional” 2005

  • But as he prepares a White House bid, a small group of detractors is determined to expose him as a wartime traitor.

    Think Progress » McCain: Murtha “Has Become Too Emotional” 2005

  • In time "phased escalation" would be widely seen as the very epitome of insanity in strategy, and it had its detractors from the beginning — notably among those people who knew something about war.

    Slow Squeeze 2002

  • In time "phased escalation" would be widely seen as the very epitome of insanity in strategy, and it had its detractors from the beginning — notably among those people who knew something about war.

    Slow Squeeze 2002

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