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 bloom-forward arrangements, a flower booster is best, while an all-purpose option is ideal for foliage-heavy mixes.
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
And even for those deputies who don’t limp away victorious, the grueling gathering is a morale booster, a time to bond and a chance to party outside the L.A. County limits.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
Scoop up some of the best anti-aging products, like the TikTok popular collagen jelly that has been purchased more then 30,000 times in the past month, and a Cosrx peptide booster set that includes the snail mucin serum that helped make the K-beauty brand a household name.
—Shalwah Evans, People.com, 11 May 2025
The larger and more powerful booster will allow Ariane 6 and Vega-C to launch heavier payloads into different orbits and destinations.
—Daniel Larlham, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
And even for those deputies who don’t limp away victorious, the grueling gathering is a morale booster, a time to bond and a chance to party outside the L.A. County limits.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
Scoop up some of the best anti-aging products, like the TikTok popular collagen jelly that has been purchased more then 30,000 times in the past month, and a Cosrx peptide booster set that includes the snail mucin serum that helped make the K-beauty brand a household name.
—Shalwah Evans, People.com, 11 May 2025
The larger and more powerful booster will allow Ariane 6 and Vega-C to launch heavier payloads into different orbits and destinations.
—Daniel Larlham, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for booster
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California’s Democratic leaders, including Newsom and top state lawmakers, have been major proponents of transitioning to renewable energy and imposing more restrictions on the state’s oil and gas industry.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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Leo was a staunch proponent of church orthodoxy, helping guide the early church on tenets including the dual nature of Christ and the idea of papal infallibility.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Jordan Klepper has spent more time following Donald Trump around the country than many of his most ardent supporters.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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That is undeniable, and so too is the fact that Dan Ndoye and his Bologna team-mates will forever be heroes to Bologna supporters.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Biking advocates say that the draconian crackdown was done without any public notice and that pedal bike riders are being swept up in this unprecedented dragnet.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2025
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Immigrant advocates including the American Civil Liberties Union challenged these deportations, arguing that the Trump administration has offered little evidence that the Venezuelans are gang members, and that the men have a right to contest those allegations in court.—
Joel Rose,
NPR,
16 May 2025
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That would have given him more complicated Taylor approximations, with exponents greater than 2.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Mar. 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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Notably, the promoter recently discontinued its popular Lawn Pass program, through which music fans paid a flat fee for a lawn ticket to every summer concert at participating amphitheaters.—
Taylor Mims,
Billboard,
14 May 2025
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The criminal proceeding affects all four band members, along with the group’s manager and concert promoter, and accuses them of glorifying the criminal activities of cartels.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
13 May 2025
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“Booster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booster. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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