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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Recent Examples of advocated
Vogel also advocated for the passage of legislation that eventually acknowledged the injustice of the exile and imprisonment and provided a payment of $20,000 to Japanese American camp survivors.
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Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te, the party's leader, has historically advocated for a more Taiwanese, as opposed to a Chinese, identity.
—Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Pardo first advocated sending the question to voters back in August after three judges with the Third DCA handed down an initial order upholding a lower court’s ruling finding the city’s decision to postpone the election via ordinance was unconstitutional.
—Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Over the course of her more than 20-year career, Williams advocated for pay equity at the top level of the sport, becoming the first woman in tennis to earn equal prize money upon her 2007 victory at The Championships, Wimbledon.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
Well, then the very people that advocated for getting rid of it are going to suddenly be upset when all of this stuff happens as a result of them not being protected by Section 230.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025
Mohamed El-Erian, the former Pimco executive and now chief economic advisor at Allianz, recently advocated that Powell step down as chair to avoid just the kind of battle over independence that is happening now.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025
The Olympic gymnastics legend has long advocated for human rights in her home country, serving as the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador on HIV/AIDS in Ukraine in 2005.
—Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
In June, Kennedy fired all 17 members of a committee that advises the CDC on vaccine safety and replaced them with new members, some of whom have advocated against vaccines.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te, the party's leader, has historically advocated for a more Taiwanese, as opposed to a Chinese, identity.
—Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Pardo first advocated sending the question to voters back in August after three judges with the Third DCA handed down an initial order upholding a lower court’s ruling finding the city’s decision to postpone the election via ordinance was unconstitutional.
—Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Over the course of her more than 20-year career, Williams advocated for pay equity at the top level of the sport, becoming the first woman in tennis to earn equal prize money upon her 2007 victory at The Championships, Wimbledon.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
Well, then the very people that advocated for getting rid of it are going to suddenly be upset when all of this stuff happens as a result of them not being protected by Section 230.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025
Mohamed El-Erian, the former Pimco executive and now chief economic advisor at Allianz, recently advocated that Powell step down as chair to avoid just the kind of battle over independence that is happening now.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025
The Olympic gymnastics legend has long advocated for human rights in her home country, serving as the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador on HIV/AIDS in Ukraine in 2005.
—Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
In June, Kennedy fired all 17 members of a committee that advises the CDC on vaccine safety and replaced them with new members, some of whom have advocated against vaccines.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for advocated
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Americans have generally endorsed the death penalty, though the gap between those who favor it and those who don’t has shrunk to 10 points.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The demonstration is being organized by NASA Needs Help — a group formed by employees and supporters at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and endorsed by the Goddard Engineers, Scientists and Technicians Association (GESTA).—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The research, published in Nature Photonics, was supported by the Army Research Office, NSF, DARPA, and NASA’s JPL.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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What began as a handful of campus groups now stretches across more than 3,500 high schools and universities, supported by dozens of full-time staff who manage student activists like a professional sales force.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Advocated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/advocated. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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