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as in to adopt
to take for one's own use (something originated by another)
after working among them for two years in the Peace Corps, she felt compelled to espouse the peasants' cause for social justice
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Recent Examples of espouse
Mamdani, who espouses more progressive socialist-leaning views, wants to make New York City more affordable for all, paid for through more taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations.
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Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The president didn’t espouse such a rosy outlook with regard to one of the country’s other biggest trading partners, however.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 29 July 2025
The solutions that many voices for racial justice have espoused tend to be moral or psychological in nature: decolonizing curricula, reëducating teachers, raising public awareness of structural inequity.
—Idrees Kahloon, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
European officials fear that views espoused by the likes of Vance and Colby signal a more permanent move by the Republican Party away from Europe.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 July 2025
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Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The president didn’t espouse such a rosy outlook with regard to one of the country’s other biggest trading partners, however.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 29 July 2025
The solutions that many voices for racial justice have espoused tend to be moral or psychological in nature: decolonizing curricula, reëducating teachers, raising public awareness of structural inequity.
—Idrees Kahloon, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
European officials fear that views espoused by the likes of Vance and Colby signal a more permanent move by the Republican Party away from Europe.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for espouse
Verb
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Spencer was married twice, first to her marketing manager and publicist Garry Fields between 1999 and their divorce in 2013, and then to fashion designer and entrepreneur David L. David in 2014.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
12 Aug. 2025
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According to a ministry website that appears to be run by Pinkerton and his wife, the couple share two sons and were married in 2000.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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Through the years, climbers began adopting devices like pitons that could be hammered into cracks and used to prevent lethal falls.—
Mary Beth Skylis,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Aug. 2025
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As temperatures climb, professionals in emergency medicine and child injury prevention are urging caregivers to adopt simple, consistent habits that could mean the difference between life and death.—
Adrienne Farr,
Parents,
7 Aug. 2025
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Promote and enact policies and practices that embrace adaptation and resilience.—
Joe Murphy,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Aug. 2025
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The Western intelligence official said Iran initially seemed to embrace Russia’s efforts to localize roughly 90% of production of the Shahed 136 at Alabuga but Moscow’s upgrades seem to have caught it off guard.—
Vasco Cotovio,
CNN Money,
8 Aug. 2025
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Europe’s traditionally weaker economies have outperformed the core countries in recent years, and now nations like Spain, Italy, and Portugal as well as Greece can borrow at the same costs as France and Germany, a sign both of their strength and the European giants’ weakness.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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And for some Democratic leaders with an eye on 2028, the question is not whether a Mamdani clone should be the next Democratic standard bearer—historically unlikely—but whether the party can win in other places not by emulating his ideology but by borrowing from his tool kit.—
Mark Chiusano,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Espouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/espouse. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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