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a person who actively supports or favors a cause
a fervent apostle of universal health care
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as in proponents
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
a fervent apostle of universal health care
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Recent Examples of apostle
Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Peter, though revered as an apostle worthy of veneration, is also portrayed in the Gospels as prone to mistakes, often foolish, and sometimes outright contradictory to God’s will.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
One of the most memorable examples is Caravaggio’s painting from 1601, in the National Gallery in London, showing an astonished apostle wearing a scallop shell on his vest.
—Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2025
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.
—Lenore T. Adkins, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2025
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So just how does an under 30 bro become an apostle of small business networking?
Larsen grew up in Tacoma, Washington, and studied entrepreneurship at Boise State.
—Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Peter, though revered as an apostle worthy of veneration, is also portrayed in the Gospels as prone to mistakes, often foolish, and sometimes outright contradictory to God’s will.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
One of the most memorable examples is Caravaggio’s painting from 1601, in the National Gallery in London, showing an astonished apostle wearing a scallop shell on his vest.
—Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2025
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.
—Lenore T. Adkins, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for apostle
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“Apostle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apostle. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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