as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
a fervent apostle of universal health care
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Recent Examples of apostle
Apostolic churches believe in modern day apostles and prophets, or those who claim to communicate directly with God and receive gifts of the Holy Spirit.
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
Image Image Throughout, Bob, as his American friends still call him, or Roberto, as his Spanish and Italian ones do, has remained consistently low-key, a gray man in a world of outsized personalities cloaked in sumptuous scarlet cassocks, an earnest admin of the apostles.
—Mitra Taj, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Like those of other popes, Francis' ring has an image of St. Peter the apostle and Francis' own name.
—George Petras, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
The pilgrimage to honor St. James, one of Christ’s apostles, whose tomb was believed to have been found in northwestern Spain, became popular in the early 12th century.
—Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2025
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
Image Image Throughout, Bob, as his American friends still call him, or Roberto, as his Spanish and Italian ones do, has remained consistently low-key, a gray man in a world of outsized personalities cloaked in sumptuous scarlet cassocks, an earnest admin of the apostles.
—Mitra Taj, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Like those of other popes, Francis' ring has an image of St. Peter the apostle and Francis' own name.
—George Petras, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
The pilgrimage to honor St. James, one of Christ’s apostles, whose tomb was believed to have been found in northwestern Spain, became popular in the early 12th century.
—Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apostle
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The administration's actions, including the revocation of thousands of student visas, have drawn concern over infringements on free speech, while proponents view the move as a long overdue federal response to concerns over antisemitism.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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The chief proponent of allowing hemp businesses to operate with further regulations in Springfield, Rep. La Shawn Ford, said lawmakers could not reach agreement over whether to ban or regulate hemp.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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Many prominent advocates for excluding transgender girls from sports praised Dhillon’s actions last week as a bold move to protect cisgender girls from unfair competition.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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While Republicans no longer campaign on ending Obamacare, advocates warn that the changes proposed in the big bill will trim back access to health care.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 June 2025
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Cyrus' supporters came to her defense after videos of the moment went viral on social media.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
8 June 2025
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Pachuca is roughly 60 miles (90km) north east of Mexico City in the neighbouring state of Hidalgo, but the two sides that its football club’s supporters loathe the most are located in the capital — Club America and Cruz Azul.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
8 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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“Apostle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apostle. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.
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