proponent
Example Sentences
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“I’m a bigger proponent of going after the lowest balance and getting rid of it and working your way up,” he says.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026
Tom Barrack, the Trump-appointed U.S. ambassador to Turkey who also plays a large role in shaping the administration’s approach to the Middle East, has been a proponent of breaking the impasse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
Blanchett has been a staunch proponent of protecting rights in the age of generative artificial intelligence.
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
Guardiola has always been a proponent of dominating possession.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
In the 1970s, the famed Tyrolean alpinist Reinhold Messner emerged as the leading proponent of gasless climbing, declaring that he would ascend Everest “by fair means” or not at all.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing proponent
Power Prefix: pro
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Grade 9, List 4
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Vocabulary from the Third and Final Presidential Debate, October 19, 2016
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