proponent
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"It was an intelligence failure," says Cheong Seong-chang, a North Korea watcher and vice-president at Sejong Institute who was an early proponent of the theory that Ju Ae will become the heir.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
Verma has been a longtime proponent of using alternative assets to diversify his clients’ investments and hedge against risk in their equity portfolios.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
Trump has also been a proponent of cryptocurrencies.
From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025
But is Will a consistent proponent of executive restraint in military matters?
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
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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