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to take for one's own use (something originated by another)
after working among them for two years in the Peace Corps, she felt compelled to espouse the peasants' cause for social justice
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Recent Examples of espoused
Sam Reed, Glamour, 16 Mar. 2026
Overall, the study participants who saw the biased AI text shifted their positions toward those espoused by the AI.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
Racial profiling is virtually a stated part of the department’s strategy, and ad campaigns have openly espoused white-nationalist rhetoric and talking points.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
No matter what agenda the president espoused—the economic pragmatism of Rafsanjani, the liberal aspirations of Mohammad Khatami, the populist provocations of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the nuclear diplomacy of Hassan Rouhani—Khamenei emasculated him.
—Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2026
He's found success as a media personality by posting news and political commentary, which has espoused various conspiracy theories.
—USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
Assad, a member of the Alawite religious minority, officially espoused a secular ideology.
—ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
Fink’s past critiques of capitalism Fink, who was appointed interim co-chair of the World Economic Forum in August 2025, replacing founder Klaus Schwab, has long espoused the reshaping of capitalism, seeing it as a responsibility of large asset managers like himself.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2026
Many of the tenets that 18th-century Shaker movement founder Ann Lee espoused hundreds of years ago could well enlighten today’s not-always-inclusive culture, says Amanda Seyfried.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
Verb
Next, Hathaway espoused the importance of hair and makeup to the crowd before asking Wintour to once again reveal the nominees.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 16 Mar. 2026
Overall, the study participants who saw the biased AI text shifted their positions toward those espoused by the AI.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
Racial profiling is virtually a stated part of the department’s strategy, and ad campaigns have openly espoused white-nationalist rhetoric and talking points.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
No matter what agenda the president espoused—the economic pragmatism of Rafsanjani, the liberal aspirations of Mohammad Khatami, the populist provocations of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the nuclear diplomacy of Hassan Rouhani—Khamenei emasculated him.
—Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2026
He's found success as a media personality by posting news and political commentary, which has espoused various conspiracy theories.
—USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
Assad, a member of the Alawite religious minority, officially espoused a secular ideology.
—ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
Fink’s past critiques of capitalism Fink, who was appointed interim co-chair of the World Economic Forum in August 2025, replacing founder Klaus Schwab, has long espoused the reshaping of capitalism, seeing it as a responsibility of large asset managers like himself.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2026
Many of the tenets that 18th-century Shaker movement founder Ann Lee espoused hundreds of years ago could well enlighten today’s not-always-inclusive culture, says Amanda Seyfried.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for espoused
Adjective
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The phase out starts at more than $150,000 in income for single taxpayers and more than $300,000 for married couples.—
Francine Knowles,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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Under the plan, the tax credit provides $250 for single filers, $375 for heads of household, and $500 for married couples filing jointly.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Depending on how bad the pest ruined plants in a particular latitude, the farmer either made it financially, or borrowed more from the bank to eat during the winter.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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The ring was borrowed from a co-worker, while the other three devices were provided by the companies for testing.—
Brian Cheung,
NBC news,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Put pre-matched outfits on the same hanger.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Mikala grew up taking annual family trips to Austin to visit her grandmother, an Austinite since 1975, and has fully adopted the Texas lifestyle since moving to the Lone Star State in 2018.—
Mikala Compton,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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In fact, since the gas tax was adopted in 1929, Massachusetts has never suspended the gas tax.—
David Wade,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Meryl Streep made the character an icon—and in the years since the film premiered in 2006, Wintour has more or less embraced the comparisons.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
16 Mar. 2026
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The team has embraced me, the organization from the front office to my teammates to the coaching staff.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Composed at Rose’s prompting and anticipating Flanagan’s extraordinary Pain Journal, the volume is so direct in its account of the couple’s conjugal life that the Indian authorities tossed its original print run into the ocean before the books could ship from Chennai to New York.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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Shortly after spurning his conjugal love tent vehicle, Colby received a call from Pontiac with a proposition.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The result is an intimacy and familiarity between the actors that really drives home the tragedy in the movie’s second half, as do early convincing scenes of marital happiness between Alexander and William Devane as her husband.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
16 Mar. 2026
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After all, an opera audience is unlikely to look kindly on a VR world and certainly not on a man using it to substitute for his real-life marital problems.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Espoused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/espoused. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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