1
as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
an articulate expounder of the liberal position on the issue
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2
as in exponent
one who brings an art or science to full realization
one of the early expounders of abstract expressionism
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That was the compromise needed to pass the measure, bill proponents said.—
Denise Amos,
Mercury News,
18 June 2025 -
The bipartisan bill, which former President Biden signed into law in January, repealed two tax rules that proponents say have unfairly reduced benefits for many Americans who also receive government pensions.—
Aris Folley,
The Hill,
18 June 2025
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Specifically, your function has to be a polynomial—a combination of variables raised to whole-number exponents and multiplied by coefficients.—
Stephen Ornes,
Wired News,
27 Apr. 2025
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Finding Wiggle Room There is no fast, general purpose method for finding the minima of functions raised to high exponents.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
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Early childhood education advocates say the most notable legislation that came forward this session is the $100 million earmarked within the state budget for child care scholarships, also known as subsidies.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 June 2025
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Hunter and other advocates urged support for H.R. 40 recently re-introduced by New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley, both Democrats.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA Today,
20 June 2025
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Brittany Piper, a 36-year-old Somatic Experiencing® practitioner and author of Body-First Healing, has sparked widespread discussion online with her viral video dissecting why our lives today seem to be overwhelming the human nervous system.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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As chair of the firm’s National Security Practice, Rod leads a team of former US government officials, former prosecutors, trade practitioners, and data privacy and cyber lawyers.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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That announcement came amid growing concerns from some of the president's most vocal supporters, including former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and former Trump senior adviser Steve Bannon.—
Leila Fadel,
NPR,
20 June 2025
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With many candidates vehemently opposed to Cuomo, their supporters' next-round votes can help Mamdani, who is endorsed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive star.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
20 June 2025
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Her expertise as the Senate’s interpreter of arcane chamber rules cannot be easily replaced with a party loyalist, and her day-to-day duties are nonpartisan in nature, even if she was appointed in 2012 by then-Democratic Leader Harry Reid.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2025
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The financial advisor of the future is also a data interpreter.—
Swati Deepak Kumar,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Popes are considered successors to St. Peter, one of the 12 apostles of Jesus Christ.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
8 May 2025
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The first pope was St. Peter, the apostle of Jesus Christ.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Expounder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expounder. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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