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proponent

[pruh-poh-nuhnt] / prəˈpoʊ nənt /


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Peters has risen in internet fame as a proponent of “looksmaxxing,” with his content around the extreme measures he takes for the sole purpose of improving his physical appearance.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Search engine provider Baidu, sometimes called China's Google, has been a vocal proponent of the potential of AI in the country for over a decade.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

RFK Jr. is a proponent, recently telling the podcaster Joe Rogan that he has taken one.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was a major proponent of AI adoption in government.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 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




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