espousal

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Scorsese’s public espousal of this technology marks the latest shift in attitude about AI from powerful Hollywood creatives.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

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

The young couple seated themselves on their bridal bed, in the laps of certain old women who played the part of godmothers of the espousal.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen