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“This measure is a safety net for news outlets on the verge of closure,” said former state Sen. Steve Glazer, who is a proponent of the bill and during his Senate term pushed similar legislation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

“It’s fully paid for,” said former state senator Steven Glazer, who is a passionate proponent of the bill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

“I still think that market moves on the back of this speech could fade quickly if the economic data does not swing hawkish, because Warsh is not a proponent of forward guidance,” she told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Even Leo Stein, the American expatriate proponent of avant-garde art, called it “brilliant and powerful, but the nastiest smear of paint I had ever seen.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

He was a staunch proponent of academic freedom and highly critical of Nazi Germany and Japanese militarism.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

In order to secure the large number of signatures, proponents of initiatives typically hire petition management companies, according to the indictment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Today’s AI large language models might excel at coding, but proponents say doing real physical work requires large action models, aka world models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

The downturn has been rough for even some of the space industry’s biggest proponents.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

And they’ve gotten smarter than the used-gum, spit-cup abstinence proponents of my youth.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

But I would argue that there is a difference between inheriting a cultural tradition, as the Norte Chico culture’s successors apparently did, and copying one, as the Olmec’s proponents argue.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann