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
While borax is a common household cleaner and laundry booster, this chemical compound should be used carefully and with precautions.
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Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
20 June 2026
Never ever going to happen Cody Campbell, the billionaire booster who is chairman of the Texas Tech regents and a senior member of the Presidential Roundtable on Fixing College Sports, said this bill isn’t perfect.
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Teresa M. Walker,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
The new variant is tailored to launch medium-class satellites at lower cost than the heavier version of the H3 with two or four strap-on boosters.
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Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
19 June 2026
Amazon shoppers are in awe of Missha’s multifaceted glow-booster.
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Sophie Wirt,
InStyle,
19 June 2026
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Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
20 June 2026
Never ever going to happen Cody Campbell, the billionaire booster who is chairman of the Texas Tech regents and a senior member of the Presidential Roundtable on Fixing College Sports, said this bill isn’t perfect.
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Teresa M. Walker,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
The new variant is tailored to launch medium-class satellites at lower cost than the heavier version of the H3 with two or four strap-on boosters.
—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
19 June 2026
Amazon shoppers are in awe of Missha’s multifaceted glow-booster.
—
Sophie Wirt,
InStyle,
19 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for booster
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Stream-access proponents took a similar approach in 2010, after a landowner on the Taylor River strung cables from bank to bank to keep a rafting company from floating down.
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There isn't time for proponents to get a new measure on this year's ballot and state law requires any measures brought in odd years be limited to questions related to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR).
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Some fans, including Scottish supporter Rory Syme, arrived early and gathered near a shopping center by the stadium while waiting for gates to open.
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On Election Day, Schlossberg was campaigning out in the rain despite the concerning polls, hearing stories from passersby about their Kennedy encounters over the years and taking selfies with starstruck supporters.
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The average taxpayer who telephoned the IRS during tax season this year spent 14 minutes on hold, the advocate reports.
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But months later, Feldstein Soto’s office still hasn’t executed the contracts, frustrating tenants rights advocates and the nonprofits, which are struggling to pay their staff without the funds from the city.
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In the leadership and care phase, your role is that of an advocator.
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The deformation depends on a single free exponent.
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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.
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As genetics, psychology, and neuroscience ascended, the twentieth century sent physiognomy back into disrepute, and today, from Lavater to Lombroso, its promoters may seem a racist shade of quaint.
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During The Huns’ audition at the Cellar, Nugent was standing next to club owner/promoter Paul Sampson, who was skeptical of the group’s Catholic schoolboy looks — braces, short haircuts and all.
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“Booster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booster. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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