as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
rah-rah boosters for the sports team will be attending the game and carrying large signs
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Recent Examples of booster
For years, the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel has recommended that all adults receive new COVID booster shots.
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Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Sep. 2025
In the Caribbean, sea moss is sometimes sold in a drink that's said to be a male libido booster, King says.
—Maria Godoy, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Be sure to check the promotions tab to find payout boosters, Gimme Picks and other types of offers.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
In the Bay Area, demand for COVID-19 boosters was high this month during a late-summer surge of the virus, but rates of hospitalizations and deaths are low.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
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Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Sep. 2025
In the Caribbean, sea moss is sometimes sold in a drink that's said to be a male libido booster, King says.
—Maria Godoy, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Be sure to check the promotions tab to find payout boosters, Gimme Picks and other types of offers.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
In the Bay Area, demand for COVID-19 boosters was high this month during a late-summer surge of the virus, but rates of hospitalizations and deaths are low.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for booster
Noun
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Television viewers would not see this footage until 1975, when a late-night show hosted by Geraldo Rivera showed a grainy, bootlegged copy narrated by a couple of conspiracy proponents.—
Time,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
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Hegseth's decision was quickly and sharply derided by members of the media and proponents of a free press, who noted that pre-approval of reportable material would limit the ability of reporters to provide vital news to the public about America's military.—
Quil Lawrence,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has to approve many of those mergers—and Trump stacked the FCC with his supporters.—
Lizz Winstead,
Time,
27 Sep. 2025
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Kneeling was widely used by protesters and supporters after Floyd’s death to signal sympathy with the Black Lives Matter movement and a call for racial justice.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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The new partnership between farmers and advocates will let agriculture prosper while protecting one of Indiana's largest watersheds.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
25 Sep. 2025
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Newsom has been under pressure in recent years to adopt AI guardrails by advocates worried about the technology’s impact on unemployment by automating jobs and upending creative and media industries via its ability to generate new pictures, audio and other media using existing data.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Stephanie Bell is none other than Stephanie Kelton, now an exponent of Modern Monetary Theory.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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As one careful exponent of technical legal craft addressing another, Burroughs hit the mark.—
Noah Feldman,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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The clearest example of this is Live Nation, the largest concert promoter on the planet, which is betting biggest on Latin America.—
Alex Ashley,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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The conventional wisdom, shared by event promoters and many at the university, held that the 1920s-era facility just wasn’t equipped for the demands of a big concert production.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Booster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booster. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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