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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
The high priest of Goth advanced menswear to a new level, mixing grunge, sportswear and urban uniforms.
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Mimi Lombardo, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Mimi Lombardo, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Sports Letters to Sports: ‘Tis the season for meaningless bowl games Dec. 21, 2024 Klatt is a proponent of starting the college football season a week earlier, with the Army-Navy game as the kickoff event.Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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In fact, Asche is a big proponent of both for their ability to support the muscles through soreness while reducing inflammation and oxidative stress.Audrey Noble, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024
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Pivoting the language of DEI allows practitioners to continue to do the work without being targeted.Julie Kratz, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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The answer, in Swift’s song and Nye’s response, is to poetry — and to the verdant Lake District of Britain where so many of its practitioners, especially during the Romantic era, thrived (and, yes, in William Wordsworth’s case, also died).Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Post Post Share Save Buy Copies Print Over the past 25 years executives have become fervent advocates of learning, calling it an imperative, career insurance, and the only source of competitive advantage.Gianpiero Petriglieri, Harvard Business Review, 1 Jan. 2025
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Many saw him as an advocate for international peace, democracy and human rights.Grant Blankenship, NPR, 30 Dec. 2024
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Hussain was considered the most recognizable exponent of tabla, a pair of hand drums that’s the main percussion instrument in Indian classical music.Alexandra Banner, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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The special relationship was never quite as special as its most passionate exponents liked to maintain.Peter Martin, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2016
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An intelligence bulletin from the New York Police Department obtained by ABC News indicated that ISIS supporters did celebrate the attack online.Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Online, foreign terror organizations and supporter groups had released multiple videos calling for violence during the winter holidays, specifically New Year's celebrations, the bulletin said.Kerry Breen, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Should the approach from Foxconn turn hostile after a rebuff, Honda also offered to protect Nissan as a white knight investor, Nikkei said.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 19 Dec. 2024
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Roksanda found a white knight in The Brand Group, which purchased the fashion label founded in 2005.Joelle Diderich, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
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“High priest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20priest. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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