1
as in proponents
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
an articulate expounder of the liberal position on the issue
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2
as in practitioners
one who brings an art or science to full realization
one of the early expounders of abstract expressionism
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expounders
Noun
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Eide and other proponents of expanding hospitalization believe the administration could do even more.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025 -
Closure of the bike path to undertake this project has drawn opposition from cycling proponents and West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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But what’s most important is that women see a health care provider, that practitioners from dentists to primary care doctors know how to help, and that the treatment is covered.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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There were 1,320 conversion therapy practitioners operating across the country, 605 of whom were operating under professional licenses, according to a 2023 report by the Trevor Project.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Digital rights advocates have also pushed back against a proposal to limit a person to only one social media account per platform, ostensibly as a means to crack down on disinformation.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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The closure shrouds the 8,000-foot-high plateau and its elk, bison and occasional backcountry skiers in a winter wilderness that some advocates hope to protect and others seek to unlock.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The chorus of boos at the final whistle showed what supporters made of it.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Back in the 1920s, even the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin called on his British supporters to affiliate with the Labour Party instead of fighting it.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The hotline is monitored 24/7 and includes English and Spanish speakers, plus interpreters for more than 200 languages.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Flow Space,
30 Sep. 2025
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Gardner had been photographing here for some two weeks, focusing mostly on the Indian groups, sometimes on the white traders, interpreters, or Peace Commission staff, and only occasionally on the peace commissioners themselves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Expounders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expounders. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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