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promoters

noun

plural of promoter
as in proponents
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 promoters While promoters and venues wield great power over concert tours, experts say an artist of Sheeran’s magnitude generally has the final say about what happens concerning the shows. — Tassanee Vejpongsa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026 Under this model, promoters must convince a genuinely private investor that their company represents a worthwhile investment opportunity. — John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026 While promoters and venues wield great power over concert tours, experts say an artist of Sheeran's magnitude generally has the final say about what happens concerning the shows. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 Macklemore previously alleged that Kraft pressured promoters to remove him from the tour. — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2026 Sheeran said promoters called for the 43-year-old performer to be dropped after learning stadium owners were uncomfortable with Macklemore performing at their venues. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026 Sheeran reiterated in his post that the decision to pull Macklemore from the Loop tour came down to the venue owners and promoters, including the Kraft Group’s Robert Kraft. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026 Avsec said AlphaGenome works well for some classes of variant, such as those affecting splicing or promoters, but can miss others, particularly in enhancers. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026 At the time, there was no real professional scene for female fighters, with the major promoters not seeing any commercial value in it. — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for promoters
  1. proponents
  2. supporters
  3. advocates
  4. exponents
Noun
  • School choice proponents often say the rapid increase in participation only shows the enormous demand for such programs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • There are obvious health risks with this process, despite the insistence by a lot of gray market proponents that everything is safe.
    — Kara McGrath, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of proponents
Noun
  • Some of the nations attending the meeting in western Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk region, such as Poland and Romania, have been staunch supporters of Ukraine.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The case drew national attention and became racially charged, with supporters of Anthony criticizing the lack of Black jurors and calling for his acquittal, while supporters of the Metcalf family gathered outside the courthouse seeking justice.
    — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of supporters
Noun
  • But advocates for people in poverty warned that the gains might be short-lived.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • On social media and in legal filings, animal advocates complain that the 50-block zone in downtown Los Angeles that’s home to thousands of unhoused people is an epicenter of animal neglect and cruelty.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of advocates
Noun
  • Which trace from our Galois representation clings to each of these terms with prime exponents depends on how our equation, , behaves in a number field defined by that particular prime.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
  • His mind didn’t go blank; rather, all the what-ifs multiplied like exponents, crowding his thoughts and rendering him unable to envision anything else.
    — Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
Definition of exponents

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“Promoters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promoters. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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