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 wrestling industry is founded upon innovation, so the multi-time world champion put the onus on independent promoters to figure things out.
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Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 22 Sep. 2025
By turning a blind eye to scalpers, even giving them the tools to bypass limits and harvest tickets, Live Nation has acted as the promoter, the primary ticket seller, the artists’ manager, and the scalper.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 19 Sep. 2025
The Colombian superstar made history by selling out the capital’s stadium 12 times during her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour, drawing 65,000 people each night, according to figures from promoter OCESA, for a total of 780,000 tickets sold.
—Natalia Cano, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
White, in collaboration with Saudi promoter Turki Alalshikh and Netflix, promoted the Alvarez-Crawford bout, marking his entrée into boxing promotions with his Zuffa Boxing venture.
—Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 22 Sep. 2025
By turning a blind eye to scalpers, even giving them the tools to bypass limits and harvest tickets, Live Nation has acted as the promoter, the primary ticket seller, the artists’ manager, and the scalper.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 19 Sep. 2025
The Colombian superstar made history by selling out the capital’s stadium 12 times during her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour, drawing 65,000 people each night, according to figures from promoter OCESA, for a total of 780,000 tickets sold.
—Natalia Cano, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
White, in collaboration with Saudi promoter Turki Alalshikh and Netflix, promoted the Alvarez-Crawford bout, marking his entrée into boxing promotions with his Zuffa Boxing venture.
—Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for promoter
Noun
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Eide and other proponents of expanding hospitalization believe the administration could do even more.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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Closure of the bike path to undertake this project has drawn opposition from cycling proponents and West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has to approve many of those mergers—and Trump stacked the FCC with his supporters.—
Lizz Winstead,
Time,
27 Sep. 2025
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Kneeling was widely used by protesters and supporters after Floyd’s death to signal sympathy with the Black Lives Matter movement and a call for racial justice.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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The new partnership between farmers and advocates will let agriculture prosper while protecting one of Indiana's largest watersheds.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
25 Sep. 2025
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Newsom has been under pressure in recent years to adopt AI guardrails by advocates worried about the technology’s impact on unemployment by automating jobs and upending creative and media industries via its ability to generate new pictures, audio and other media using existing data.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Stephanie Bell is none other than Stephanie Kelton, now an exponent of Modern Monetary Theory.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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As one careful exponent of technical legal craft addressing another, Burroughs hit the mark.—
Noah Feldman,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Promoter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promoter. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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