proponent
Example Sentences
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Guardiola has always been a proponent of dominating possession.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
It was the brainchild of Ford advisor John R. Lee, an early proponent of “scientific” management.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
As someone who’s being kept alive this very month by incredible advances in biotechnology, I am a zealous proponent for disruptive innovation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
You’ve also been a huge proponent of financial and environmental restrictions on data centers, which disproportionately impact working-class southerners, especially in rural areas, because of water and power usage.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 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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