1
as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
an articulate expounder of the liberal position on the issue
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as in exponent
one who brings an art or science to full realization
one of the early expounders of abstract expressionism
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On Wednesday, Senate Democrats blocked a bill that proponents said would ensure that newborns surviving abortions received medical care and critics said would add legal risks for doctors.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025 -
Parts of Trump’s plan have some high-profile proponents: namely JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, the leader of the world’s largest bank.—
David Goldman,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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Djokovic, who has mastered the art of winning the first four rounds of a major with as little trouble as possible over his career, is the greatest exponent of Grand Slam pacing the sport has ever seen.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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According to the authors of a preprint posted to the physics arXiv in February, however, recent biological research suggests a higher scaling exponent of 3 known as Murray's Law, for the rule of trees.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
30 Dec. 2024
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Some legislators and advocates say faster results would allow less time for misinformation about election administration to take hold.—
Ashley Lopez,
NPR,
16 Jan. 2025
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Also, a coalition of patients, doctors and advocates plan to gather outside the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday to highlight the human impact of care denials by health insurers.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN,
16 Jan. 2025
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The other side: Three out of four PR pros who use AI say the biggest risk is talent development, should younger practitioners become too reliant on the tools.—
Eleanor Hawkins,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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More practitioners are set to join in the coming days.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Taake, 36, was serving a 6-year sentence in a Colorado prison when President Donald Trump pardoned him and 1,500 other MAGA supporters for seizing the Capitol in protest of his 2020 election defeat.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
28 Jan. 2025
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Yoon was impeached and suspended from presidential duties over his actions and has been in detention since his Jan. 15 arrest following an hours-long standoff between law enforcement and the president's guard and supporters.—
Rebecca Falconer,
Axios,
27 Jan. 2025
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According to a new report, federal prosecutors have asked for a nearly five-year sentence and $18.1 million in restitution in the case of Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Her legal team specifically cited a ruling from the same year by the European Court of Human Rights, which concluded Knox’s rights to a lawyer and an interpreter were violated during her initial interrogations with Italian authorities.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
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Erastus Snow was an apostle from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in charge of Arizona colonization.—
Zach Bradshaw,
The Arizona Republic,
18 Dec. 2024
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The other day, The Athletic’s Duncan Alexander — an analytics apostle if ever there was one — got talking with a data denier in a pub.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Expounder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expounder. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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