plump (for)

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Verb
  • About 13,000 undocumented seniors graduate high school in the state annually, according to the President’s Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, a university leaders’ group that advocates for immigrant students and conducts research on the effect of immigration policies on universities.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Advocates call it 'cruel,' 'lawless.’ More than 175 organizations that advocate for women’s and transgender rights blasted Donald Trump in a letter released Tuesday for his requirement that federal agencies only recognize two sexes, male and female.
    Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Food and Drug Administration has endorsed irradiation as safe for food products, citing 30 years of research, but labeling is required when used.
    Ben Markus - Colorado Public Radio, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Listen to this article Longtime Manhattan Rep. Jerrold Nadler is endorsing Scott Stringer’s campaign for mayor, making Stringer the first candidate in the 2025 race to secure support from a member of New York’s congressional delegation.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • In the 2020 election, however, the city put the question to a vote, and more than 60% of voters in Batavia supported allowing recreational weed to be sold.
    Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The video showed Nuñez in 2014 urging lawmakers to support the bill, which extended in-state tuition prices to undocumented students who attended high school in Florida.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Plump (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plump%20%28for%29. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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