1
as in champ
the person who comes in first in a competition
the champion of the national spelling bee
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as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
she's the biggest champion of budget reform in the Congress
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as in to advocate
to promote the interests or cause of
he has always championed the protection of abused animals
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Recent Examples of champion
Jenna Fryer, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
So far this year, Oklahoma City has built the defensive habits of a champion while maintaining a top-10 offense.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Zac Ntim, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025
French critics and filmmakers championed the film, and Americans gave it another chance.
—John Semley, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Suarez was joined by former series champions Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott, as well as Christopher Bell, last weekend’s race winner.
—Jenna Fryer, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
So far this year, Oklahoma City has built the defensive habits of a champion while maintaining a top-10 offense.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
His radical approach to form and content is unlike anything usually campaigned for and championed in the mainstream.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025
French critics and filmmakers championed the film, and Americans gave it another chance.
—John Semley, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for champion
Noun
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In the not-so-old days my team, Oklahoma State, never really had a chance at being national champs.—
Stewart Mandel,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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At the restaurant, Trump started recounting highlights with the heavyweight champ in vivid detail, prompting Offit to ask whether Trump had done some homework ahead of time.—
Dan Alexander,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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The 43-year-old former football player has been a longtime, outspoken proponent of LGBTQ rights.—
David K. Li,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Indirect-cost rates are controversial: The proportion of NIH funding that has gone to them has grown over time, and proponents of trimming overhead argue that doing so would make research more efficient.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2025
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As a result, a national nonprofit organization that advocates for the separation of church and state has filed a complaint with Boise State regarding Danielson and his actions at a public university.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Feb. 2025
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Bivol 2 Results: Full Fight Card Results And Reactions While CISA — America’s cyber defense agency — appears to advocate for fully secure messaging platforms, such as Signal, the FBI’s view appears to be different.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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In December, a hole in Wales opened up in the driveway of a past winner of the reality-TV show Love Island, Liam Reardon, according to local media.—
Jenny Gross,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Along with Williams, two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova was also given a wild card to Indian Wells, organizers announced on Wednesday.—
Manasi Pathak,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Transit supporters call him the last chance to ensure the system gets extensive repairs, before a cascade of deferred problems ripples across the subway, buses and commuter railroads.—
Stefanos Chen,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The arrest was triggered by tips to Austrian intelligence that a supporter of IS had posted stories and videos with Islamic extremist content on several TikTok profiles.—
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Except that to endorse or criticize Apple for embracing DEI or not is to completely miss the point.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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But Johnson won a key victory last week when Mr. Trump endorsed his chamber's budget outline.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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For example, the USDA invested about $6.6 billion to support rural development between 2017 and 2021, but only about $138 million went to tribal communities.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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In the last 20 years, Intermountain Church Planters, an organization that supports church plants in the Intermountain West, has planted nearly 30 churches this way, including seven in the Treasure Valley, according to data its leaders shared with the Statesman.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
18 Feb. 2025
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Brutalism is once again the matter of mainstream discourse with the release of The Brutalist, a three-and-a-half-hour film about an exponent of the style named Lászlo Tóth.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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An exponent of decadent literature, D’Annunzio, too, raised an army, in 1919, and even tried to establish an independent state in a part of what is now Croatia.—
Ian Buruma,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Champion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/champion. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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