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proponent

[pruh-poh-nuhnt] / prəˈpoʊ nənt /


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EA's three big causes today are global poverty, factory-farmed animals and "the most controversial one -- global catastrophic risk," said Richard Chappell, a professor at University of Miami and an EA proponent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson has been a proponent of fostering American AI advancements and says he worries that new regulations would create legal barriers that only the biggest tech companies could absorb.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

To qualify an initiative for the ballot, the initiative’s proponent is “required to collect and submit a large number of signatures belonging to to registered voters who supported the measure.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

They took an online class at Stanford with Richard Socher, a proponent of natural language processing, and formed a study group on the topic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

A proponent of the Great Books series—which he had read twice—Uncle Pete was engaged with serious thought and Italian opera.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

To its proponents, EA is a rational, evidence-based way to do good.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

In Bhutan's Paro, several hundred proponents of the idea are practicing everything from walking meditation to mindful eating -- slowing down to appreciate the taste, smell, texture and colours of food.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

The benefits of space-based data centers, proponents say, are that companies can avoid regulatory red tape and community backlash.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

Prediction market platforms and their proponents say trading contracts on the markets is not the same as betting, likening it instead to trading on the stock market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

By making this argument, I am endorsing one side in the long- running dispute between mother- and sister-culture proponents.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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