How to Use advocacy in a Sentence

advocacy

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  • The more restrictive one has gotten more attention from advocacy groups.
    — April Rubin, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Despite vigorous advocacy for a new expansion of the child tax credit, Congress is set to stick with the existing benefit.
    — Julie Zauzmer Weil, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The author has previously worked for iFixit, a company active in right-to-repair advocacy.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Schick brought an adventurous spirit, vast musical knowledge and a passionate advocacy for up-and-coming composers and musicians.
    — Beth Woodcontributor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
  • That advocacy helped cement the link between birds and the Audubon brand.
    — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • This wasn’t the first time Musk has threatened legal action against an advocacy group.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Some states and safety advocacy groups have pushed back, calling for that language to be struck from the manual.
    — Ian Duncan, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Jill Biden’s advocacy for curing cancer didn’t start with her son’s death in 2015 from brain cancer.
    — Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2023
  • In a news release Thursday, local advocacy groups applauded the EPA’s stance, and urged the city to submit a plan that meets the agency’s demands.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2023
  • But instead it’s been whiplash, as courts grapple with a host of legal challenges by gun owners and advocacy groups.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Some consumer advocacy groups argue that shadowy backers could make large bets to shift the odds and later spread doubts about the results.
    — Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The initial release came as the court granted a request by a news media advocacy group to unseal more of the record since aspects of the case have become public.
    — Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The nonprofit advocacy group was not involved in the new report.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Now, some of the largest advocacy groups in music are looking to get in front of the tech and ensure a future in which AI doesn’t replace human music creators.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The Anti-Defamation League, an advocacy group that combats antisemitism, ripped Tlaib for a previous use of the phrase in 2020.
    — Brandon Gillespie, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2023
  • McGlynn noted in his ruling that the gun-rights advocacy groups who asked for the injunction will still have a chance to argue why the ban and its registry should not be enforced.
    — Jeremy Gorner Chicago Tribune (tns), arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
  • At the same time, Roberts, who grew up on the South Side of Chicago, was also noticing a glaring gap in the sustainability advocacy space.
    — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Patient advocacy groups are built of good people with good intentions and great loss.
    — Jon Hu, STAT, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Like in Texas and Iowa, advocacy groups are concerned that law enforcement would turn to racial profiling to enforce it.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
  • One from a physician’s group and one from another advocacy group.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
  • In Texas, advocacy groups sued in federal court to overturn the FDA’s approval two decades ago of mifepristone.
    — Lev Facher, STAT, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The advocacy group filed the 2018 complaint against Google for location-tracking.
    — Catherine Stupp, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Humble advocacy in times of crisis is what good Catholics do because Jesus said good works are best done outside the limelight.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • The other is a bog-standard attack on her pro-worker advocacy.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Members of the advocacy group Nate's Mission, named for a man who took his life after being abused as a child by a priest, have raised questions about the department's inquiry.
    — Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The actress has long been a champion for mental health advocacy.
    — Sandra Rose Salathe, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
  • According to the fundraiser, any excess money will go to a mental health advocacy program in New York City.
    — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 27 May 2023
  • Chickens have suffered the most, with 6 million deaths, according to the advocacy group's tally, which began a decade ago.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The sales tax on period products is only one part of a multi-faceted challenge for consumers who need them, advocacy groups said.
    — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The boycott, organized by the digital rights advocacy group Fight for the Future, calls for the ban of face-scanning technology at all live events.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2023

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