adherent

Example Sentences

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Critics accused adherents of wasting their parents’ investment and abandoning the industriousness that helped build China into a superpower.

From New York Times

Some adherents secretly wore religious garb under street clothes.

From Seattle Times

In ceremonies, adherents smoke and drink in front of his wooden figure in the hopes he will hear their entreaties.

From New York Times

Undefined and unconstrained, ALife drives its adherents to repurpose old ideas and generate novelty.

From Scientific American

Paltrow conspicuously did not tote her own Flow water — a brand she has partnered with that boasts “high alkaline” levels that adherents to the Goop-y lifestyle Paltrow espouses claim to have health benefits.

From Washington Post