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
The spacecraft, supported by SpaceX's 33-engine Super Heavy booster, is designed for full reusability, and stands as the cornerstone of the company's Mars settlement plans.
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Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Your future Cinderella, brought to you by Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell instead of a fairy godmother.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
Still, Selig has been a big booster of the nascent industry.
—Luke Garrett, NPR, 7 May 2026
Functional boosters like collagen powder, greens powders and juice splashes pull the drink into supplement territory.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
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Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Your future Cinderella, brought to you by Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell instead of a fairy godmother.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
Still, Selig has been a big booster of the nascent industry.
—Luke Garrett, NPR, 7 May 2026
Functional boosters like collagen powder, greens powders and juice splashes pull the drink into supplement territory.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for booster
Noun
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The entrenchment of those supply chains may have been underestimated by proponents of nearshoring and onshoring, while the impacts of higher tariffs may have been overestimated.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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Despite that distinct lack of a firm commitment to raising new revenues, proponents of finding new revenue sources to replace federal healthcare cuts cheered the Assembly proposal and described it as aligned with the Senate.—
Andrew Graham
May 7,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2026
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The deciding vote was cast by Senator John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat and staunch supporter of Israel, who again crossed party lines to side with Republicans and oppose the measure.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
13 May 2026
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Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, a fierce supporter of the new map, has not yet certified the referendum campaign for the ballot.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2026
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Housing advocates successfully lobbied the City Council Thursday night to shift away from plans to limit the number of bus stops to four, opening up the possibility that the law, California Senate Bill 79, could apply to as many as 52 bus stops.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Signs were posted this week warning of a disruption and preservation advocates took the government to court as debris dumped there from the White House East Wing demolition tested positive for lead.—
Steven Sloan,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
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This movement, known as critical legal studies, was associated with the political left, and its exponents, known as crits, loved to disparage liberal theorists’ devotion to the Constitution as naïve and counterproductive.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Torresani becomes the latest exponent of a recruiting shift for Dutcher and his staff, from almost exclusively Southern California high school prospects to bounce-back transfers to a more national focus to now casting their net overseas.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Live Nation Israel was formed in 2017 (along with Ticketmaster Israel) when the concert giant took majority ownership in Israeli concert-production company Bluestone, a joint venture between Guy Oseary, Madonna’s longtime manager, Beser, veteran Israeli promoter Shay Mor Yosef, and others.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2026
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Bambo follows a 1980s Brooklyn boxing promoter and his daughter.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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“Booster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booster. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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