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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 boosters
The side boosters flew for the fifth time, previously used on the Psyche mission, two Space Force missions and one commercial flight with another double land landing at Landing Zone 1 and Landing Zone 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
Once completed, Endeavor will return and stand upright, displaying the full shuttle stack including the solid rocket boosters and external tank.
—Sari Hitchins, Parents, 8 Mar. 2026
Ramped-up spending by college basketball’s big-boy outfits, empowered by massive broadcasting revenues and wealthy boosters, stretched the gap between schools in the power conferences and the likes of SDSU.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, downtown-adjacent Brickell is a fintech favorite and home to firms like the hedge fund Citadel, owned by Griffin, one of Miami’s most prominent boosters.
—Matthew Kronsberg, Architectural Digest, 6 Mar. 2026
Under Prasad's leadership, the FDA narrowed its approval of Covid boosters last year to adults 65 and older and people at risk of severe illness.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 6 Mar. 2026
That will involve replacing the flight termination system batteries that allow the rapid destruction of the vehicle, should something go awry, and replacing the flight batteries on the upper and core stages, as well as the solid rocket boosters.
—Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026
Industry boosters, on the other hand, have successfully persuaded many policymakers that overregulation would harm industry.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
Long before boosters pulled funding to shut the program down, the Ignite seemed doomed to fail.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 21 Dec. 2024
Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
Once completed, Endeavor will return and stand upright, displaying the full shuttle stack including the solid rocket boosters and external tank.
—Sari Hitchins, Parents, 8 Mar. 2026
Ramped-up spending by college basketball’s big-boy outfits, empowered by massive broadcasting revenues and wealthy boosters, stretched the gap between schools in the power conferences and the likes of SDSU.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, downtown-adjacent Brickell is a fintech favorite and home to firms like the hedge fund Citadel, owned by Griffin, one of Miami’s most prominent boosters.
—Matthew Kronsberg, Architectural Digest, 6 Mar. 2026
Under Prasad's leadership, the FDA narrowed its approval of Covid boosters last year to adults 65 and older and people at risk of severe illness.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 6 Mar. 2026
That will involve replacing the flight termination system batteries that allow the rapid destruction of the vehicle, should something go awry, and replacing the flight batteries on the upper and core stages, as well as the solid rocket boosters.
—Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026
Industry boosters, on the other hand, have successfully persuaded many policymakers that overregulation would harm industry.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
Long before boosters pulled funding to shut the program down, the Ignite seemed doomed to fail.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 21 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boosters
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Ironically, bell-to-bell ban proponents like Britt-Friedman are also worried about children’s safety — but the danger that animates them is the phone itself.—
Theo Peck-Suzuki,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2026
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Now, the hospital, which treats mostly people involved with the justice system, is expanding to alleviate the county’s overlapping mental health and homelessness crisis, in what proponents described as a more compassionate approach than in the past.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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After losing the Chinese Civil War to Mao and his Communist forces, the Nationalist government and its supporters fled in 1949 to the island of Taiwan and continued to rule as the Republic of China’s government in exile.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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One of the biggest flashpoints came in November when Van de Ven and Djed Spence walked straight down the tunnel without acknowledging the supporters after a 1-0 defeat at home by rivals Chelsea.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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More immediately, advocates in Pennsylvania are calling for heavier investment in an existing but often overlooked agency.—
Collin Binkley,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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A week after the mass shooting on West Sixth Street, the city’s response has moved beyond sirens and crime scene tape and into counseling sessions, victim advocates, campus support groups and hotlines for people still trying to make sense of what happened.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Mar. 2026
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