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
In Olivia Wilde’s 2022 film Don’t Worry Darling, the protagonist Alice (Florence Pugh), prepares the same breakfast every morning for her husband Jack (Harry Styles).
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Irene Coltrinari, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2025
Like the film’s protagonist, organizations today must function across competing versions of truth, urgency and risk.
—Toby Wong, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Our protagonists are Alice Scott, an eternal optimist awaiting her big break, and Hayden Anderson, a grumpy Pulitzer Prize winner.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
Interspersed with present-day scenes are flashbacks to the protagonist’s childhood, with special attention paid toward her kind and hapless father, a factory worker.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
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Irene Coltrinari, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2025
Like the film’s protagonist, organizations today must function across competing versions of truth, urgency and risk.
—Toby Wong, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Our protagonists are Alice Scott, an eternal optimist awaiting her big break, and Hayden Anderson, a grumpy Pulitzer Prize winner.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
Interspersed with present-day scenes are flashbacks to the protagonist’s childhood, with special attention paid toward her kind and hapless father, a factory worker.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for protagonist
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Prospective visitors, along with park proponents, are concerned about what the parks and experiences may look like after the sweeping layoffs across the National Park Service and the larger federal government in February.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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However, proponents and affordable housing advocates stress the urgency of building housing quickly on all available sites as the region grapples with a worsening housing crisis.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
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Book dispute is one of three religious rights cases The case is one of three religious rights cases the Supreme Court is deciding in the coming weeks, and appears likely to be part of a recent trend of the court siding with religious rights advocates.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Environmental advocates and cheerleaders for biodiversity were overjoyed that the wolves — who in their best moments look a lot like big, cuddly dogs — were making such an astonishing comeback.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Some supporters even lost the will to protest, feeling nothing will change.—
Rob Tanner,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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In a statement posted to X, Taylor congratulated Lee and acknowledged the impact of his supporters.—
Oumou Fofana,
Essence,
21 Apr. 2025
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Finding Wiggle Room There is no fast, general purpose method for finding the minima of functions raised to high exponents.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
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That would have given him more complicated Taylor approximations, with exponents greater than 2.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
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Two witnesses took the stand on the first day of testimony, a friend of O'Keefe who was there when his body was found and a paramedic who tried to revive him.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article An emotional vigil that drew family, friends and community activists was held Wednesday for a beloved Harlem grandmother, businesswoman and community leader killed by a stray bullet in the crossfire of a shooting.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Protagonist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protagonist. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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