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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
Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
The group has seen several other departures after Roberts defended Tucker Carlson’s interview with the controversial Nick Fuentes, who has espoused antisemitic rhetoric.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2026
Unfortunately, the Obama and Biden administrations pushed the reformist line (the Reformist line espoused by Rouhani and Khatami).
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Niccol has espoused the hopes of returning Starbucks to a cozy third space, away from the image of being a hurried pitstop to pick up a morning espresso, and toward 1990s nostalgia of lingering over a latte.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
The interview drew widespread backlash, including from MAGA figures such as Texas Senator Ted Cruz, for giving a platform to extremist views—Fuentes has espoused Holocaust denial and white nationalist ideology.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Advertisement Moreover, in an example of catering to domestic political pressures, the PCA incorporated the values espoused by the powerful white supremacist southern political lobby into its code.
—Time, 18 Nov. 2025
The theory has long been espoused by White supremacists.
—Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 17 Nov. 2025
The movie follows the irrepressible leader, who espoused gender and social equality while believing herself to be the female incarnation of Christ.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
Although Rubio never espoused anything like that in public, some of the new arrivals at State did.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
The group has seen several other departures after Roberts defended Tucker Carlson’s interview with the controversial Nick Fuentes, who has espoused antisemitic rhetoric.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2026
Unfortunately, the Obama and Biden administrations pushed the reformist line (the Reformist line espoused by Rouhani and Khatami).
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Niccol has espoused the hopes of returning Starbucks to a cozy third space, away from the image of being a hurried pitstop to pick up a morning espresso, and toward 1990s nostalgia of lingering over a latte.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
The interview drew widespread backlash, including from MAGA figures such as Texas Senator Ted Cruz, for giving a platform to extremist views—Fuentes has espoused Holocaust denial and white nationalist ideology.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Advertisement Moreover, in an example of catering to domestic political pressures, the PCA incorporated the values espoused by the powerful white supremacist southern political lobby into its code.
—Time, 18 Nov. 2025
The theory has long been espoused by White supremacists.
—Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 17 Nov. 2025
The movie follows the irrepressible leader, who espoused gender and social equality while believing herself to be the female incarnation of Christ.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for espoused
Adjective
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The two were married for two years before Lopez filed for divorce in August 2024.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Tarek, who was previously married to Haack from 2009 to 2016, married Heather in 2021.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Topology, which is a concept borrowed from mathematics, describes properties that remain unchanged despite distortions.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
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Maybe a brow gel that goes from borrowed to bought.—
Luke Fountain,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Now, for about five years, she's adopted the method for herself.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Many use-of-force policies adopted by police departments endorse that principle.—
Ben Jones,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The Super Bowl ad is the latest move by a president and administration that have fully embraced professional sports as a prime venue to deliver their message.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Gonzalez also embraced the trend, wearing a sheer black corset top of her own.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
12 Jan. 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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Prosecutors say Brendan Banfield and the family’s Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, were having an extra-marital affair and carried out the plan together.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
11 Jan. 2026
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The couple had publicly but lovingly described some marital difficulties, yet there were still few outward signs the divorce was coming.—
Andrew Dalton,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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