espouses

present tense third-person singular of espouse

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of espouses Loeffler, along with first-year Eagles passing game coordinator Parks Frazier, is partly tasked with supplying them on a staff that espouses collaboration. Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025 But Wayne Winegarden, senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute, a Pasadena think tank that espouses free-market solutions to policy matters, criticized the report, saying the recommendations would cost billions when California faces chronic annual budget crunches. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025 While Sweeney has yet to formally address the accusations that her campaign with American Eagle espouses eugenics ideology, the brand issued its statement on Friday, after a week of online discourse. Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025 One XPrize Healthspan donor, Daniel Krizek, a biotech-fund manager who plans to invest a billion dollars in longevity, espouses the values of effective altruism. Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for espouses
Verb
  • And behind-the-scenes videos show how the mastermind spent weeks perfecting the three-minute video that marries art history and Swift's song seamlessly.
    Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Once there, Lysanne marries a rich young man.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This frame borrows from Bernhard’s tailspin of a novel, set entirely in a narcissist’s armchair.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
  • With a boho top This denim trend borrows heavily from the bohemian look, so why not lean into it everywhere else?
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Inside its new home, Elanco embraces animal pharmaceuticals.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • At the same time, two teenagers, Abbie (Sydney Topliffe) and Leila (Alyvia Alyn Lind), get drawn into the school’s grip, testing their friendship as one seeks freedom while the other embraces the academy’s promise of transformation.
    Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But governance could be eventually handed over to the Palestinian Authority, which already oversees parts of the West Bank, another Palestinian territory which Israel occupies, provided the Palestinian Authority adopts a broad series of reforms.
    Emily Feng, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The agency typically adopts the guidance of ACIP, which issues recommendations on who should receive certain shots and which vaccines insurers must cover at no cost.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Espouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/espouses. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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