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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 high priest of Goth advanced menswear to a new level, mixing grunge, sportswear and urban uniforms.
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Mimi Lombardo, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
Each Jew was represented when the high priest entered the Ark of the Covenant.
—Rabbi Ashley Englander, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
The knowledge of how to make them was lost for about 50 years, until the foundation encouraged Ms. Ngurah – whose father had been a Hindu high priest – to document available information.
—Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2025
Thanks to Payraudeau’s research, experts now know that the granite sarcophagus was reused by a high priest named Menkheperre around 1000 B.C.E., masking its connection to its original occupant.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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Mimi Lombardo, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
Each Jew was represented when the high priest entered the Ark of the Covenant.
—Rabbi Ashley Englander, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
The knowledge of how to make them was lost for about 50 years, until the foundation encouraged Ms. Ngurah – whose father had been a Hindu high priest – to document available information.
—Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2025
Thanks to Payraudeau’s research, experts now know that the granite sarcophagus was reused by a high priest named Menkheperre around 1000 B.C.E., masking its connection to its original occupant.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high priest
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Prospective visitors, along with park proponents, are concerned about what the parks and experiences may look like after the sweeping layoffs across the National Park Service and the larger federal government in February.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Once the petition is submitted and approved by the Secretary of State’s office, petition proponents have 120 days to collect signatures.—
Gary Warth,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2025
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Facilitated by a team that includes faculty members from the PNW’s College of Business, as well as leadership practitioners, the LNI program meets monthly from September 2025 to May 2026.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2025
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Much of black metal has typically maligned Christianity and other institutional religions, and some practitioners took parts in Norwegian church burnings in the 1990s.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2025
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Book dispute is one of three religious rights cases The case is one of three religious rights cases the Supreme Court is deciding in the coming weeks, and appears likely to be part of a recent trend of the court siding with religious rights advocates.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Environmental advocates and cheerleaders for biodiversity were overjoyed that the wolves — who in their best moments look a lot like big, cuddly dogs — were making such an astonishing comeback.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Finding Wiggle Room There is no fast, general purpose method for finding the minima of functions raised to high exponents.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
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That would have given him more complicated Taylor approximations, with exponents greater than 2.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
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In a statement posted to X, Taylor congratulated Lee and acknowledged the impact of his supporters.—
Oumou Fofana,
Essence,
21 Apr. 2025
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Some supporters even lost the will to protest, feeling nothing will change.—
Rob Tanner,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Buster Posey rode into the Giants’ top baseball decision-maker role as a white knight.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
24 Mar. 2025
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Sports leagues hope that streamers will be the white knight.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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“High priest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20priest. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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