as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
rah-rah boosters for the sports team will be attending the game and carrying large signs
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Recent Examples of booster
To help fund the rapidly ballooning budget, opera house boosters held lotteries to raise money.
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Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2024
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—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
The first-stage booster flew for the 21st time, one of four boosters with more than 20 flights among the SpaceX fleet.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
Instead, the booster splashed down gently in the Gulf of Mexico, and the main vehicle landed in the Indian Ocean as planned.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2024
How To Use Technology To Unlock Innovation and Creativity At Work
Ready to turn technology into a creativity booster?
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
The first-stage booster flew for the 21st time, one of four boosters with more than 20 flights among the SpaceX fleet.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
Instead, the booster splashed down gently in the Gulf of Mexico, and the main vehicle landed in the Indian Ocean as planned.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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And, unlike financial commitments made at the UN climate conference, this decision would put rules in place that proponents say would be hard for the incoming Trump administration to undo.Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
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In 2023, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the opponents, halting the project, but proponents petitioned the Supreme Court to review that decision.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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The comments, published in 2023 biography of Romney, were sparked by Vance's transformation from a Trump critic to a staunch supporter.Zac Anderson, The Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2024
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The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, is one of Putin’s staunchest backers and a vocal supporter of the war in Ukraine.Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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In high-performing leadership teams, each leader is not only seen as a subject matter expert but also as a passionate advocate for the company’s goals, fostering trust and alignment across all stakeholders.Marina Cvetkovic, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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But, over the past decade, disability rights advocates have increasingly pushed companies to end the lower pay practice, describing it as discriminatory, dehumanizing and exploitative.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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The most prominent exponent of this perspective is Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, who in his declaration of war on Oct. 7, 2023, quoted the famous Bialik poem about Kishinev.Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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Banda Machos, perhaps the most significant exponent of Jalisco’s quebradita-style banda music, rotated onto the Beso stage in a dark green and neon frazzle variation of their signature costume.Vicky Camarillo, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Mar. 2024
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Trump's pick for the head of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been a staunch promoter of anti-vaccination policies and has pushed for the end of fluoride in water supplies.Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2024
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Yet the volume of the commentary about the Tyson fight, as well as the celebrities and public figures who chimed in, compelled the promoter to defend itself, an unusual step in the boxing world.Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Booster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booster. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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