as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
a promoter of greater understanding and cooperation among churches
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Recent Examples of promoter
The venue had been rented by an outside promoter who booked TwoSet Violin to perform here.
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
Her promoter had her food ready.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
Vans Warped Tour took a six year hiatus from 2019 to 2025 and returned last year to celebrate its 30th anniversary with three sold out stops across North America in partnership with EDM festival promoter Insomniac.
—Taylor Mims, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2026
The tour will be a nostalgia rush filled with era-defining hits, as the tour’s promoter Live Nation describes it.
—Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2026
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
Her promoter had her food ready.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
Vans Warped Tour took a six year hiatus from 2019 to 2025 and returned last year to celebrate its 30th anniversary with three sold out stops across North America in partnership with EDM festival promoter Insomniac.
—Taylor Mims, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2026
The tour will be a nostalgia rush filled with era-defining hits, as the tour’s promoter Live Nation describes it.
—Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for promoter
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
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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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“Promoter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promoter. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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