advocate
Example Sentences
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The Hong Kong Centre for Human Rights, a group of rights advocates, said that the national-security laws may keep people from expressing opinions about what happened.
Playing devil’s advocate: He may be responding to a new person in his home who is being kind and helpful.
From MarketWatch
His classic “The Painter of Modern Life,” advocating for upending art’s sclerotic monotony, appeared in three profoundly influential installments of the Parisian newspaper Le Figaro.
From Los Angeles Times
The group advocates for freedom of religion for Vietnam's hill tribes and ethnic minority groups, which have been branded "terrorists" by the authorities.
From Barron's
On the contrary, it will encourage students to explore dissenting ideas, even if only as a “devil’s advocate.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
