as in endorsed
to promote the interests or cause of
environmentalists advocating agricultural methods designed to slow the destruction of rain forests
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Kennedy has pushed a number of public health conspiracies, most prominently around vaccines, and has advocated for other positions that are generally out of the mainstream, such as more availability of unpasteurized milk.
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Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
Many Democrats campaigned on a tax-the-rich agenda and advocated paying for other tax cuts by targeting those provisions, as well as rolling back the law’s tax cuts for corporations and individuals making more than $400,000 per year.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
And in 2022, Chesa Boudin, who advocated for restorative justice and ending mass incarceration, was ousted as San Francisco’s district attorney in a recall.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Since then, Salaam has taken on a political career; as all of the other men have, too, advocated for criminal justice reform in one way or another.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Whelan also advocated for his own freedom, calling journalists and, in separate phone calls, expressing his frustrations directly to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
Griner, who won her third consecutive Olympic gold medal in Paris, had advocated for Whelan's freedom after her release.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
That was the year that, in the race for governor, Democrat Tony Evers, who advocated for more money for schools, defeated Republican incumbent Scott Walker, who had held down school spending in eight years in office.
—Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2024
The president also advocated the fair chase doctrine, which became the basis of his Boone and Crockett Club.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
Many Democrats campaigned on a tax-the-rich agenda and advocated paying for other tax cuts by targeting those provisions, as well as rolling back the law’s tax cuts for corporations and individuals making more than $400,000 per year.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
And in 2022, Chesa Boudin, who advocated for restorative justice and ending mass incarceration, was ousted as San Francisco’s district attorney in a recall.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Since then, Salaam has taken on a political career; as all of the other men have, too, advocated for criminal justice reform in one way or another.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Whelan also advocated for his own freedom, calling journalists and, in separate phone calls, expressing his frustrations directly to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
Griner, who won her third consecutive Olympic gold medal in Paris, had advocated for Whelan's freedom after her release.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
That was the year that, in the race for governor, Democrat Tony Evers, who advocated for more money for schools, defeated Republican incumbent Scott Walker, who had held down school spending in eight years in office.
—Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2024
The president also advocated the fair chase doctrine, which became the basis of his Boone and Crockett Club.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Advocated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/advocated. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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