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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 espouses
Kids will get the messages that Plensa espouses as quickly as adults, but this work is an easy, comprehensible introduction to how artists work, using surprising materials in inventive ways to make viewers consider the world differently.
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Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
Compared to his political opponent de la Espriella, Cepeda espouses a human-centric approach to drugs in Colombia.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 1 June 2026
Lee, a liberal who espouses improved ties with North Korea, didn't specifically comment on the threats posed by the North.
—CBS News, 26 May 2026
Lee, a liberal who espouses improved ties with North Korea, did not specifically comment on the threats posed by the North.
—ABC News, 25 May 2026
The 75-page document has sections apparently written by Caleb Vazquez, 18, and Cain Clark, 17, and includes material that espouses anti-Islamic, antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ views and promotes white supremacist ideology.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 20 May 2026
Meanwhile, Starlight becomes a symbol of resistance against the might-makes-right ideology that Homelander espouses.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026
Colagreco’s hero restaurant espouses a sustainable gastronomy—in this case, elevating the humble British vegetable.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
Relative to its competitors, Anthropic espouses the most public concern with the safety risks of artificial intelligence.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
Compared to his political opponent de la Espriella, Cepeda espouses a human-centric approach to drugs in Colombia.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 1 June 2026
Lee, a liberal who espouses improved ties with North Korea, didn't specifically comment on the threats posed by the North.
—CBS News, 26 May 2026
Lee, a liberal who espouses improved ties with North Korea, did not specifically comment on the threats posed by the North.
—ABC News, 25 May 2026
The 75-page document has sections apparently written by Caleb Vazquez, 18, and Cain Clark, 17, and includes material that espouses anti-Islamic, antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ views and promotes white supremacist ideology.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 20 May 2026
Meanwhile, Starlight becomes a symbol of resistance against the might-makes-right ideology that Homelander espouses.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026
Colagreco’s hero restaurant espouses a sustainable gastronomy—in this case, elevating the humble British vegetable.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
Relative to its competitors, Anthropic espouses the most public concern with the safety risks of artificial intelligence.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for espouses
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In the one that opens the film, Forky (Tony Hale), the googly-eyed spork, marries a plastic knife called Karen Beverly (Melissa Villaseñor), a name so perfectly unmelodious that only a kid, or an adult exceptionally good at thinking like one, could have concocted it.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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To that end, her recipe for pumpkin pie marries British baking traditions with a winter squash indigenous to North America.—
Ashley Rose Young,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 June 2026
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Its cuff interlaces rose gold with blue-green baguette-cut tourmalines, while its necklace borrows rose-gold fluting—a detail from watchmaking—and applies it to its High Jewelry for the first time.—
Taylor Stoddard,
Robb Report,
16 June 2026
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Through a series of cinematic contrivances, Tess borrows Katharine’s skirt suit, claims due credit for her business sense, and wins the affections of Katharine’s financier boyfriend (Harrison Ford).—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Not everyone embraces beaver rewilding, especially when — unlike the Ealing project — the animals are introduced illicitly, said George Holmes, a conservation professor at the University of Leeds.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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The latest album from John Dwyer and his fellow garage-psych explorers embraces a fluid, improvisatory approach rooted in sprawling jam sessions and infinitely unspooling grooves.—
Stuart Berman,
Pitchfork,
18 June 2026
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The United States adopts paper money during the Civil War, which causes an inflation.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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Since the electron’s motional states are quantized, the resonator adopts one or two states during the experimental procedure, which is the potential building block of a qubit.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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“Espouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/espouses. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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