variants
or gospeller
as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
Horatio Alger is remembered as the great gospeler of the American success story
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Noun
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Such markets gained popularity during the 2024 presidential race as proponents touted them as being more accurate and timely than traditional polling.—
A.J. Perez,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026 -
The price of localized interventions at Thwaites, proponents say, pales in comparison with the price of building seawalls around major cities.—
Christian Elliott,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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Savannah Guthrie opened the family’s plea by thanking supporters for their prayers before describing her mother as the heart of their family and making a direct appeal for contact, stressing Nancy Guthrie’s fragile health and urgent need for medication.—
Adam Sabes , Michael Ruiz , Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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His candidacy sparked sharp divisions, with supporters portraying him as a symbol of stability and opponents denouncing him as a reminder of authoritarian rule and unresolved war crimes.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Elsewhere, law enforcement leaders, civil rights advocates and other legal experts have decried how ICE agents and other federal officers have been flouting best practices when making street arrests, conducting crowd control and maintaining public safety amid mass protests.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in that two-century history.—
Nature magazine,
Scientific American,
31 Jan. 2026
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This is an unusual position for an exponent of the public sphere and communicative rationality to take.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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The development of her own particular free indirect discourse form of writing culminated in her position as an early exponent of the Modernist short story.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Dec. 2025
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For four decades, Megadeth have been high priests—not the highest, but close—in a church of metal where technical prowess, breakneck tempos, and sneering attitude are the holiest of virtues.—
Eli Enis,
Pitchfork,
26 Jan. 2026
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The locals know it as the sacred place where ancient kahuna po'o (high priests) meditated and received wisdom.—
Sunny Fitzgerald,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Jan. 2026
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That white knight could be none other than Barry Diller, the former Paramount CEO who was indirectly involved in the creation of Time Warner in the 1980s, and was directly involved in a bidding war for Paramount in the 1990s.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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The last cliffhanger revolves around the fate of Agence Grateau, for which Sylvie (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu) had to bring aboard a white knight due to financial losses.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Gospeler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gospeler. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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