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as in partisan
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
they were true believers in an antimaterialist lifestyle, as evidenced by their lack of possessions
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as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
true believers who fought the good fight even when it was out of fashion
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Recent Examples of true believer
Pete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First.
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Will true believers in Powers’s literary-ethical divinity feel betrayed by the late revelation, given their sincere investment in the story?
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
While some true believers may be putting their money into seemingly pro-Trump assets, the vast majority are just working the casino floor, trying to cover their bets and capture a few wins.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
The third category was a small but influential group of MAGA true believers and chaos agents who sought to carry out Trump’s whims without any clarification or regard for the consequences.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Will true believers in Powers’s literary-ethical divinity feel betrayed by the late revelation, given their sincere investment in the story?
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
While some true believers may be putting their money into seemingly pro-Trump assets, the vast majority are just working the casino floor, trying to cover their bets and capture a few wins.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
The third category was a small but influential group of MAGA true believers and chaos agents who sought to carry out Trump’s whims without any clarification or regard for the consequences.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
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The city became a kind of parable of the strains that accompany a sudden influx of migrants, such as rising rents and longer wait times for medical and social services, making Springfield fodder for pro-Trump partisans who then used racist claims to bring it to a national audience.Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2024
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And Florida's Amendment 1 would make school board elections in the Sunshine State partisan.Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 4 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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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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Zoom in: Vance is close with anti-ESG crusader and onetime presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 15 July 2024
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In videos, Prince is charming, goofy, a crusader for her causes.Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 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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This happened right in front of the away supporters who cheered and Spence then whipped his arms up asking for more noise.Jay Harris, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Once again, right-wing activists are baselessly insisting that a mass shooter was trans.Abby Monteil, Them, 17 Dec. 2024
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He’s also taken other actions that have fallen short of the really dramatic and aggressive action that scientists and activists rightfully say is needed.Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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And this is an enormous deficit, a deficit that is in the range of the COVID deficits, without the benefit of any white knights.Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
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Here, his white knight’s armor is sullied before his face is scarred, and how that fits this version of Gotham City makes for a fitting rallying cry all its own.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 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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“True believer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/true%20believer. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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