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advocate

[ad-vuh-kayt, ad-vuh-kit, -kayt] / ˈæd vəˌkeɪt, ˈæd və kɪt, -ˌkeɪt /




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Barri Worth Girvan, a veteran government employee who ran on a platform of leveraging her experience to advocate for residents, declared victory in the race for Los Angeles City Council’s Third District seat late Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

“It’s OK to advocate for yourself, to put us on the spot,’” said Janke.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath’s district director for three years, and has said that she would leverage her years of experience in the public sector to advocate for the district in City Hall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

The European Commission has urged progress on resolving the judicial impasse, while legal scholars, civil-society groups and political leaders continue to advocate reforms aimed at strengthening judicial independence.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Wyatt had hired Terryl and had watched her become a tenacious victim’s advocate.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Now, she and other immigration advocates are preparing themselves for “even more abuse from this administration,” Salas said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

But so far, data-center advocates have won just a single measure, the firm said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Raman is also expected to champion policies sought by the region’s transportation advocates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Denis O'Brien, founder of The Repair Campaign, which advocates for reparations for slavery for Caribbean nations, said the UK government "must stop obfuscating and give a full and formal apology now".

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

That expectation seems unreasonable, yet the dilemma for racial justice advocates is a real one.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The Taiwan-born businessman has advocated for the use of his company's chips in China, where Beijing has been accelerating development of its own semiconductors.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

The families of murdered primary school teacher Sabina Nessa, law graduate Zara Aleena and mother-of-three Jan Mustafa have previously advocated for changes to the laws.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

He advocated low debt and “scientific taxation” to get the most possible revenue without sacrificing economic growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The blueprint advocated making the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, a unit of the government’s National Institute of Standards and Technology, the “primary institution” for U.S. regulatory oversight of AI.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Gandhi had read Henry David Thoreau, who advocated exactly this view.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

“People are muddling through,” said Brendan Steinhauser, CEO of the Alliance for Secure AI, a nonprofit advocating for AI-safety policies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

One in five American adults has had an intimate encounter with AI, according to an MIT study, increasing the risk that some users believe AI is conscious and advocating for rights or moral status.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

In the planning meeting, they were advocating a new approach.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

At first glance, the action is in line with what women have long been advocating for.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

We hoped that the government and ordinary South Africans would see that the principles they were fighting for in Europe were the same ones we were advocating at home.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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