proponent
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Bass said she always has been a proponent of approaches that don’t involve police, some of which are employed by her Office of Community Safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
They took an online class at Stanford with Richard Socher, a proponent of natural language processing, and formed a study group on the topic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“I still think that market moves on the back of this speech could fade quickly if the economic data does not swing hawkish, because Warsh is not a proponent of forward guidance,” she told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Dating coach Jaime Bronstein is a proponent of using LinkedIn with ulterior motives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
A proponent of the Great Books series—which he had read twice—Uncle Pete was engaged with serious thought and Italian opera.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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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
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
This, though, isn’t a good guide to AI, where some of the most aggressive innovators are also loud proponents of oversight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Ojvind Winge, one of the early proponents of the theory of chromosome instability, felt that chromosome doublings were especially significant.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Power Prefix: pro
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