as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
a fervent apostle of universal health care
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Recent Examples of apostle
The dish is sometimes made with whole chickens broken into 12 pieces—purportedly to honor Jesus’s apostles—though many restaurants opt for the convenience of drumsticks.
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Lenore T. Adkins, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2025
Excited by the ability to build without wrecking the atmosphere (as much), timber’s apostles have labored to normalize it in large-scale construction.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 Jan. 2025
Some settlers wanted to name the town after Flake, while others wanted to name it after Erastus Snow, an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Among the pieces are two sketches of the 12 apostles (the disciples of Jesus in the New Testament), which Pope Julius II, who commissioned the work, wanted Michelangelo to include in the upper corners of the ceiling, but whose likeness was ultimately scrapped by the artist.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 6 Mar. 2025
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Lenore T. Adkins, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2025
Excited by the ability to build without wrecking the atmosphere (as much), timber’s apostles have labored to normalize it in large-scale construction.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 Jan. 2025
Some settlers wanted to name the town after Flake, while others wanted to name it after Erastus Snow, an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Among the pieces are two sketches of the 12 apostles (the disciples of Jesus in the New Testament), which Pope Julius II, who commissioned the work, wanted Michelangelo to include in the upper corners of the ceiling, but whose likeness was ultimately scrapped by the artist.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apostle
Noun
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Prospective visitors, along with park proponents, are concerned about what the parks and experiences may look like after the sweeping layoffs across the National Park Service and the larger federal government in February.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Plan proponents saw this as a way to combat the district’s funding problems.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Sellner has been an outspoken advocate for the rights of mothers in Germany.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Foods That Will Keep You Full Without Spiking Your Blood Sugar Learn more about our advocates A Quick Review People with type 2 diabetes do not produce enough or resist insulin.—
Julia Ries,
Health,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In a statement posted to X, Taylor congratulated Lee and acknowledged the impact of his supporters.—
Oumou Fofana,
Essence,
21 Apr. 2025
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Some supporters even lost the will to protest, feeling nothing will change.—
Rob Tanner,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Finding Wiggle Room There is no fast, general purpose method for finding the minima of functions raised to high exponents.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
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That would have given him more complicated Taylor approximations, with exponents greater than 2.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Apostle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apostle. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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