as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
a deserving cause in need of a charismatic white knight who will galvanize public support
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Recent Examples of white knight
As any self-respecting white knight would do, Conrad bravely takes up the mantle of responsibility and decides to help Belly pick out hurricane glasses himself.
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Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Buster Posey rode into the Giants’ top baseball decision-maker role as a white knight.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
Sports leagues hope that streamers will be the white knight.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
The trouble is, there is little agreement about a solution — and certainly no white knight about to ride to the rescue.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025
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Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Buster Posey rode into the Giants’ top baseball decision-maker role as a white knight.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
Sports leagues hope that streamers will be the white knight.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
The trouble is, there is little agreement about a solution — and certainly no white knight about to ride to the rescue.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for white knight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for white knight
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Television viewers would not see this footage until 1975, when a late-night show hosted by Geraldo Rivera showed a grainy, bootlegged copy narrated by a couple of conspiracy proponents.—
Time,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
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Hegseth's decision was quickly and sharply derided by members of the media and proponents of a free press, who noted that pre-approval of reportable material would limit the ability of reporters to provide vital news to the public about America's military.—
Quil Lawrence,
NPR,
20 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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“White knight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20knight. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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