as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
Milton Friedman is usually cited as the leading American protagonist of monetarism
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Recent Examples of protagonist
The Musical, the protagonist is really anyone who has ever been othered, co-producer Amber Ruffin tells NPR.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 20 Feb. 2026
Which is not to say that Bernhard’s protagonist had it wrong but merely that mediocrity, in the realm of literature, is preferable to disregard or annihilation.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Like that film and the rest of her oeuvre, her latest is another tender tale of a protagonist stuck between two worlds, a hallmark motif fitting for a director who splits her time between documentary and fiction filmmaking.
—Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
The long-running horror franchise isn't quite down with OG protagonist Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), who has built a new life in a quiet Indiana town with her teenage daughter (Isabel May).
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 20 Feb. 2026
Which is not to say that Bernhard’s protagonist had it wrong but merely that mediocrity, in the realm of literature, is preferable to disregard or annihilation.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Like that film and the rest of her oeuvre, her latest is another tender tale of a protagonist stuck between two worlds, a hallmark motif fitting for a director who splits her time between documentary and fiction filmmaking.
—Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
The long-running horror franchise isn't quite down with OG protagonist Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), who has built a new life in a quiet Indiana town with her teenage daughter (Isabel May).
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for protagonist
Noun
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What’s more, proponents of attachment parenting also indicate that carried babies tend to be happy babies and spend more time alert and observing their environment.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
22 Feb. 2026
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But many believers and UAP disclosure proponents remain optimistic.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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The move was fiercely criticized by Epstein’s victims and their advocates.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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His detention on Thursday drew sharp condemnation from press freedom advocates, who described it as an attack on media independence and democratic norms.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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Warren has been a supporter of similar legislation.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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That changed a bit on a sunny Saturday in San Francisco, the contest assuming a smidgen of campaign heat — chanting crowds, sign-waving supporters, call-and-response from the audience — as the state party held its annual convention in this bluest of cities.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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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We are all retired, and this friend is substantially better off financially than the rest of us.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2026
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The first home movie may be more than a century old, but home video gave amateurs seemingly boundless capacity for recording family and friends.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Protagonist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protagonist. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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