proponent
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“It’s fully paid for,” said former state senator Steven Glazer, who is a passionate proponent of the bill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 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
That publication has been a proponent for changing, extending or rejecting the legal definition of genocide enshrined in the 1948 Genocide Convention, formulated by Jewish jurist Raphael Lemkin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
He was a strong proponent of US support for Ukraine.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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
The benefits of space-based data centers, proponents say, are that companies can avoid regulatory red tape and community backlash.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Water, needed for chip-cooling systems, has been a rallying point for data-center opposition, although proponents note that newer systems require dramatically less water or use air-cooling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
A judge sided with proponents, but an appellate court later rule in Becerra’s favor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
And they’ve gotten smarter than the used-gum, spit-cup abstinence proponents of my youth.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
In order to justify this, proponents of this position insist that evidence is never discovered: it is always ‘constructed’ within a particular social community.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing proponent
Power Prefix: pro
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