proponent

Example Sentences

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"It was an intelligence failure," says Cheong Seong-chang, a North Korea watcher and vice-president at Sejong Institute who was an early proponent of the theory that Ju Ae will become the heir.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

A proponent of nuclear negotiations, Larijani supported the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers which unravelled three years later after Trump withdrew the US from the accord.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Kennedy is also, fittingly for his family’s reputation for being full of robust outdoorsmen, a big proponent of getting outside into the woods—advice being made dangerous by the ticks.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

Following the departure of founding chief scientist Ilya Sutskever last year, OpenAI tapped Jakub Patchocki, a strong proponent of reasoning models, to be chief scientist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

My mother had been a big proponent of live Christmas trees.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth