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as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
the high priest of tax relief for the state's property owners
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as in practitioner
one who brings an art or science to full realization
as the high priest of nouvelle cuisine, he was enormously influential in the food world
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Recent Examples of high priest
Using an inscription on one of the coffins, researchers identified its occupant as Antoine de la Porte, a high priest who died in 1710 at age 83.
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
Casting themselves as high priests of pop culture, the duo encapsulated gay-millennial preoccupations and patois.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
Aquino suggested that the high priest of the Church of Satan invite the star of Poor Devil to become an honorary warlock.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
Davis never managed that with LaVey, a lament the high priest would carry until his death in 1997.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
Casting themselves as high priests of pop culture, the duo encapsulated gay-millennial preoccupations and patois.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
Aquino suggested that the high priest of the Church of Satan invite the star of Poor Devil to become an honorary warlock.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
Davis never managed that with LaVey, a lament the high priest would carry until his death in 1997.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
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Travis County Judge Andy Brown, a Prop A proponent, said the county envisions an initial focus on hiring and training staff at existing childcare facilities.Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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Republican proponents of the measure wanted to prevent noncitizens from voting in local elections, like for mayor and school board, in the future.Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
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Toph’s narrative is informed by years of therapy, his own as well as his more recent studies toward becoming a licensed practitioner.Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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Trying to look under the hood and see how these new tests work, what genes are involved, getting large clinical trials underway that are evaluated by independent practitioners and experts in the field, and just really understanding what's going on can be difficult.Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
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Skeptics, including financial analysts and environmental advocates, point to the cryptocurrency’s extreme price volatility as a major risk.Tonya Evans, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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With members of the board and local advocates dissatisfied with the information provided, an external audit was voted on and approved to address concerns about circumstances surrounding the deaths and conditions at the facility.Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 21 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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What is important is that the success that the new exponents have had has splashed and helped us, and that is very good for all of us.Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2024
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Householder was an early Trump supporter in the Buckeye State and spoke at Trump's Republican National Convention in Cleveland in 2016.Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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Before sending his supporters home from an election night watch party at the Edgewater Hotel in Madison, Hovde blamed the close contest on America First candidate Thomas Leager, who was recruited to run by a small group of Democrats posing as conservatives.Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 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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“High priest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20priest. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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