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as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
the high priest of tax relief for the state's property owners
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as in practitioner
one who brings an art or science to full realization
as the high priest of nouvelle cuisine, he was enormously influential in the food world
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Recent Examples of high priest
The locals know it as the sacred place where ancient kahuna po'o (high priests) meditated and received wisdom.
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Sunny Fitzgerald, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
Ben Gamla, named for a high priest in Israel 2,000 years ago, also would provide instruction in Jewish religion, culture, values, rituals, texts, holidays and practices.
—Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 14 Jan. 2026
Still, whatever validity there is to his pain, Peter becomes a high priest of hallucination and Coon’s tortured Agnes his disciple.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
That day, my father took a bus ride to visit my grandfather, a high priest in Ijebu Igbo.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
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Sunny Fitzgerald, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
Ben Gamla, named for a high priest in Israel 2,000 years ago, also would provide instruction in Jewish religion, culture, values, rituals, texts, holidays and practices.
—Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 14 Jan. 2026
Still, whatever validity there is to his pain, Peter becomes a high priest of hallucination and Coon’s tortured Agnes his disciple.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
That day, my father took a bus ride to visit my grandfather, a high priest in Ijebu Igbo.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high priest
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Many proponents expressed frustration with the school board and administration as multiyear efforts to bring Arabic language instruction to District 230 appeared to stall, culminating with the recent resignation of the only Arab American member of the school board.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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These excess profit taxes are not always as efficacious as proponents hope for.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Professional recognition from organizations such as Best Lawyers, SuperLawyers, Leading Lawyers, and LawDragon demonstrates that legal practitioners maintain their professional standards for their entire career.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Camacho-Padilla, 42, is a figurative painter and fiber artist (and holistic health practitioner) living in Hillcrest with his partner, Arlyn Hackett.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Housing advocates successfully lobbied the City Council Thursday night to shift away from plans to limit the number of bus stops to four, opening up the possibility that the law, California Senate Bill 79, could apply to as many as 52 bus stops.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Signs were posted this week warning of a disruption and preservation advocates took the government to court as debris dumped there from the White House East Wing demolition tested positive for lead.—
Steven Sloan,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
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This movement, known as critical legal studies, was associated with the political left, and its exponents, known as crits, loved to disparage liberal theorists’ devotion to the Constitution as naïve and counterproductive.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Torresani becomes the latest exponent of a recruiting shift for Dutcher and his staff, from almost exclusively Southern California high school prospects to bounce-back transfers to a more national focus to now casting their net overseas.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 May 2026
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The clip, shared on X, appears to show Zahra Billoo, executive director of the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations CAIR-CA, discussing how supporters should approach expressing controversial sentiments in public versus private settings.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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Liverpool have revised plans to increase ticket prices following protests and lengthy discussions with the club’s supporters’ board.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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If Mickelson was cast as the chief antagonist, Rory McIlroy emerged as the protagonist, the white knight extolling the virtues of the Tour and the golfing establishment.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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But on insurer earnings calls, the payers position themselves as white knights sounding the alarm on providers using AI to raise health care costs to an unsustainable level.—
Brittany Trang,
STAT,
8 Apr. 2026
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“High priest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20priest. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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