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proponent

[pruh-poh-nuhnt] / prəˈpoʊ nənt /


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A proponent of long-term investing, Buffett counsels us to exercise patience and stick with carefully chosen stocks over the long haul.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026

"We vowed the terrorists would not escape punishment, and no proponent of dark ideologies that divide Jordanians will be tolerated," he wrote on X.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Peters rose to internet prominence as a proponent of looksmaxxing, a trend related to extreme measures to improve one’s physical appearance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Edgerton’s mayor, Donald Roberts, has been a proponent of the industrial complex on the outskirts of town where the data center would be built.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

My mother had been a big proponent of live Christmas trees.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth

Meanwhile, Tennessee's proponents of capital punishment have suggested that a different method be used.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

A long-term infrastructure plan administered with two-year budgeting “sets clear priorities, identifies the projects that need to get done, and plans how to fund them over time,” proponents said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

To backfill some of the loss in research funding, proponents say Proposition 38 will create a stable source of funding for scientists and medical experts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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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