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proponent

[pruh-poh-nuhnt] / prəˈpoʊ nənt /


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Perkins, 57, is a big proponent of giving adult kids money when it can have “a maximum impact in their life,” rather than only after the parents die.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

A prominent proponent of her display was the phrase “land of immigrants” in large letters, adjacent to a collection of photos of the deceased.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 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

His frequent collaborator Gabriel Zucman is a vocal proponent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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

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

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

Van Dyk and other bike proponents say it’s a long game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Even Darwin, among the strongest original proponents of the fundamental mutability of nature, would have found this rate of mutation surprising.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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