proponent
Example Sentences
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He said he is a proponent of “Broken Windows” policing — the idea that enforcing lesser laws will reduce more serious offenses — and took a shot at Feldstein Soto’s handling of the data breach.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been the main proponent of the Spirit deal, seeing it potentially delivering a win for Trump by preserving the airline’s roughly 14,000 jobs, the Journal reported this week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
RFK Jr. is a proponent, recently telling the podcaster Joe Rogan that he has taken one.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Health and wellness expert Jillian Michaels, a proponent of MAHA, called the decision “devastating.”
From Salon • Mar. 2, 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
Vocabulary lists containing proponent
Power Prefix: pro
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Vocabulary from the Third and Final Presidential Debate, October 19, 2016
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