espousal
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“This repertoire — with its contrapuntal extravaganzas, its antiphonal balances, its espousal of instruments that chuff and wheeze and speak directly to a microphone — was made for stereo,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
As Travis Adkins and Judd Devermont recently pointed out in Foreign Policy, Cold Warriors both Black and White were painfully aware of the contradictions of their ringing espousal of freedom.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2020
A recent study found the espousal of conspiracy theories, pseudoscience and belief in the paranormal turn out to be highly correlated with one another.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2018
But, he added, espousal of those values by American officials “is neither 100 percent cynical, nor is it inconsequential.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2018
Before the marriage proper took place, there were held the ceremonies of espousal.
From Women of England by Bartlett Burleigh James
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